Thank you Celeste! Movie attendance in SB is a barometer of the godless and demonic forces dominant in our lovely city. The lack of attendance at the October 8 movie would fit perfectly with the fact that the other day, there were only 4 of us in the theater to see The Last Supper movie debut.
We should remember what happened to Lot as the consequences of his choice to live in an accomodate the messed up values of his lovely city played out. If you don’t know what city or who Lot was, search under “ pillar of salt”
How can you possibly be an MD and write such shockingly evil and humanless comments? You are claiming that the low attendance of a movie applauding zionism and genocide is a result of "godless and demonic forces"? How could you have taken an oath to do no harm, yet be okay with genocide, and worse, condemn those as "godless and demonic" who are NOT okay with it.
The only genocide in the documentary was the savagery inflicted by Hamas against innocents on October 7, 2023. The remainder of the film was the world's twisted response immediately after -- like yours here, L. Angel.
Of course it was. So the question is, why are you ordering people on this page to go see it when it doesn't feature the 50,000+ Palestinians murdered, and churches and hospitals destroyed? How is my response here "twisted"? "Godless and demonic" are the people SUPPORTING genocide and zionism, not those who oppose them!
Please learn how to read. I didn't "order" anybody to do anything. What a goofy thing to claim. I did "encourage" folks to see the film -- as I encourage you, L. Angel. Again, an important point the filmmaker stresses throughout: From hours after the October 7 slaughter, the focus shifted to Palestinians and well before Israel fired a single shot. It was that fast, the vicious rhetoric hurled against Israel and against Jews everywhere, including here. Your own hateful rhetoric validates the film's point. Now, get a life.
It's shocking to think you were actually a professor. Did you talk to your students like this? Are you jealous of my moral compass because you lack one? Defending people from mass slaughter isn't 'hateful rhetoric' you crazy woman. How can you be so dishonest?
Thank you for this review and commentary. We’re waiting for it to show near us. Words fail but if “Black Lives Matter” here in the U.S. then why don’t others’ lives? A wise friend in Santa Barbara once clued me in on the Red-Green Axis. Look it up. It’s happening on our campuses right under our noses. 👃
For those who wonder how can this happen here, I suggest you begin looking at the ethnic study curriculums and departments in CA schools and universities. Look at the curriculums, professors and staff of DEI departments. Think about the implications of Critical race theory, your kids and their teachers are being groomed to be receptive if not advocate for policies and actions such as played out last spring on campus.
Thank you for writing. What astounded me was the almost instant response of the many schools to the October 7th barbarian attacks: coincidence? I think not; the flags and posters appeared the next day on campuses. The racial hypocrisy is very discouraging after the $millions obviously wasted on our country.
To paraphrase Louise Hay: Anger breeds Resentment which leads to Blame which results in Punishment.
It's a vicious cycle. In the Mid East it appears regularly since about 3200 years ago when the Jews found the 'promised land'. (war after war after war, etc)
What if the Celts or Gauls or whatever the inhabitants of England, Wales, Ireland were called continued to Resent the invasion of Saxons and Danes and others about 1200 years ago?
Instead, about 400 years after the invasion of Britain, people began to generally figure out how to get along with the different ethic groups and broke down Tribalism.
Well, good for them!
Meanwhile, in the rest of world, the Malays don't like the Thais who don't like the Cambodians, for example. Or how about Czechoslovakia? They separated into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Just couldn't get along; I guess on tribal grounds.
And China? For the past 2250 years the disliked ethnicities have been moved westward toward the mountains.
Why can't we all get along? Well.....anger breeds resentment, etc.
October 7th was a day of horrific and disgusting slaughter in which 1,139 people died and more than 200 were taken captive. What followed over the next 16 months, and continues to this day, was the complete destruction of Gaza's infrastructure and the slaughter of over 50,000 people and the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. After viewing "October 8th" you should go see the Academy Award nominated film "No Other Land." With the likes of Hamas and Netanyahu in charge, this violence will only continue.
Your comment reinforces the film's message: the corpses were not yet buried when "spontaneous" demonstrations erupted on campuses and in the streets in support of the Palestinians and denouncing (in vile language and actions) Israel and all Jews.
What is wrong with supporting the Palestinians after what has been done to them with our money? You are one sick woman! Where is your order for people to go see No Other Land?
SS: thousands of years of unrest; millions dead, tortured, traumatized. Violence in the Middle East will continue until when?
Until all well funded, highly organized terrorist groups are eradicated? Until all Jews annihilated or relocated to where?
Where can safety and peace be assured to millions of people who simply seek calm? Is there a solution when I see youngsters 5-12 throwing rocks and worse at journalists and tourists, trained to hate, trained to destroy, torture and kill? How do the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, …, retain power without the active support of followers?
I agree there are two sides to every conflict. As the author Celeste notes in the documentary, it’s impactful to view the Middle Eastern map showing how many Jews have been eliminated from each Middle Eastern Country.
Closer to home, Sheryl Sandberg asks her walking friend something like— ‘if needed, would you hide me?’ Her friend oblivious like most Americans, or perhaps in denial.
Please take the time to watch this 30 minute backstory documentary on the film, "Gentleman's Agreement." And then get ahold of the movie. You will discover that little has changed since the film's 1947 release. The film won 3 Oscars and despite the fact that considerable pressure had been exerted to prevent its making: Best Picture (Daryl Zanuck), Director (Elia Kazan), and Supporting Actress (Celeste Holme, for whom I was named). Consider, too, that "Gentleman's Agreement" was released two years after the death camps were exposed and while the Nuremburg trials were ongoing. Actually, anti-Semitism is even worse today.
Qatar allegedly, invested millions if not billions on college campuses, created this loathsome narrative. How did they create this groundwork by stealth?
November 1 is a typographical error. We were in haste to publish the article so that folks could get to the theatres to watch "October 8." I hope you will. But you deflect again, Nancy, as you often do. The film is not about Donald Trump, his Administration, or the GOP. It's about Jews and the overt rise in anti-Semitism. The celebration of anti-Semitism on our campuses, in the streets, and through the Press. And, our non-response collectively and individually.
The events of October 7th were reprehensible, disgusting and unacceptable. Those Hamas criminals responsible for these outrageous atrocities must be held accountable by way of military annihilation.
Many questions yet remain regarding college demonstrations:
How is it college protesters seem to have been tipped off the day before (10/6) the attacks, calling for a “Day of Protest.”
Who is responsible for funding these criminal acts on our college campuses?
Why have college administrators been unwilling to denounce violence associated with Palestinian groups on our campuses?
What role has Hamas played in college demonstrations?
Has any public funds, such as USAID been used in any way to support college “Free Palestine” demonstrations?
Has any Public Unions assisted in any way these radical groups?
Has any local officials aided in any way, these radical groups?
Time for law enforcement to ask these and other questions.
Why are MANY protesting students Jewish themselves, in support of Hamas?
Why is the vast MAJORITY of American Jewry hostile and antagonistic towards our President and Christians in general, who have overwhelmingly supported the state and people of Israel?
Why is the American press, specifically, Cooper Anderson, Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash, Jake Tapper, Rachel Maddow, Jeffrey Goldberg, Trudy Rubin (all Jews) continually spew divisive, hateful, vile rhetoric towards ALL Republicans and Conservatives in general?
Holy shit Harv, the “mustard” has come off your hotdog. Why do you suppose those idiots on J6 were unarmed if they had mass murder in mind? Besides, which murder(s) are you talking about? Oh ya, Bro shooting unarmed woman coming through a window.
Suggest you consider a Cymbalta chaser with your dinner?
Congratulations Becker, you seem to have done your homework…and did so without dropping the “F” bomb!
However, your research appears to be about as wobbly as Joe Biden’s brain! Sure, as any well versed researcher (such as yourself) should know, anytime you see qualifiers such as “no clear evidence,” “no publicly verified evidence,” “some protests may cross the line,” “complex and sensitive issue,” one is suspect of the undeniable data.
The facts are crystal clear, MANY students, activists and foreign agitators are involved in CRIMINAL activities. Period, end of story. The ongoing investigations by the FBI, DOJ, ATF and others will bear this out.
Fear not, the hammer will drop soon and in short order as to who, what, where and how. Specifically, WHO is funding this criminal activity. Similarly, WHO is behind the DOMESTIC TERRORISTS burning down Tesla dealerships?
I for one denounce any and all violence in order for political change…do YOU, Becker?
LT: The documentary October 8, addresses 2 of your 3 questions.
1) Why are MANY protesting students Jewish themselves, in support of Hamas?
Jewish Voice for Peace is the largest organization of “Jewish themselves, in support of Hamas”. They’re against the US funding Israel’s war. They’re “fighting for divestment from Israeli genocide and apartheid”, to “advance a Judaism aligning with our spiritual and moral commitments”.
2) Why is the vast MAJORITY of American Jewry hostile and antagonistic towards our President and Christians in general, who have overwhelmingly supported the state and people of Israel?
PEW reports 42%. Not all Christians or Catholics are alike; not are Jews. “why do so many Jewish groups and voters abhor their Christian evangelical allies? To answer that question carefully, we would need data that distinguish among Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and secular Jews.”
Why Don’t Jews Like the Christians Who Like Them? | City Journal
3) Why is the American press, specifically, Cooper Anderson, Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash, Jake Tapper, Rachel Maddow, Jeffrey Goldberg, Trudy Rubin (all Jews) continually spew divisive, hateful, vile rhetoric towards ALL Republicans and Conservatives in general?
I read this story of Discrimination and Hatred titled "ON FILM
October 8th by Celeste Barber, UC, Santa Barbara Alumnus 1982"
I have a supporting title of "Hatred & Violence Against Anyone
Especially the Jews Has No-Place-In-America"
I quote from Ms. Barber's article as follows > "The October 7, 2023
attack was yet another attempt to rid the world of Jews." AND
"There are heroes presented in the documentary, noteworthy, the UCSB Student Body President, --Tessa Veksler--. Remember her name. Upon hearing the news of the October 7 attacks, Tessa went on Social Media and made a statement condemning the attack and expressing grief as a -----young Jewish woman--" AND "Within minutes, the hate postings flooded in, including death threats" AND "Veksler family back story. In Tessa’s interview, we learn that her parents were refugees from Russia, arriving in the United States with their young son. So ingrained were their memories of Russian anti-Semitism – the notorious word, Pogrom ..."
Like Tessa Vekler, X weblink here https://tinyurl.com/39brkhav, another young Russian Women, a Jew, let's call her Julia, came into Santa Barbara in 2014 from Russia. Julia's Jewish Bra Babushka (Great Russian Granny) had 8 sons and a husband who all went off to fight in the Great War, WWII. All 9 brave Jewish Russian family members were killed. There were over 25 Million Russian's Killed in the Great War by the Nazis many of them Jews. Babushka help raise Julia in the Jewish Tradition & to Never Forget.
Like Tessa a brave Russian Jew, Julia would investigate the Corruption in Santa Barbara and later targeted with Hatred by the Santa Barbara So-Called-Leaders. It is Julia's name that is the sole signature on her Letter to the Attorney General of the United States, William Pelham Barr, detailing Crimes, including Crimes of Hate against the Santa Barbara Community and it's Citizens.
You Now Know the Rest of the Disturbing Story as in Paul Harvey
Celeste-Thank you for writing this. So important for people to see this film.
Thank you Celeste! Movie attendance in SB is a barometer of the godless and demonic forces dominant in our lovely city. The lack of attendance at the October 8 movie would fit perfectly with the fact that the other day, there were only 4 of us in the theater to see The Last Supper movie debut.
We should remember what happened to Lot as the consequences of his choice to live in an accomodate the messed up values of his lovely city played out. If you don’t know what city or who Lot was, search under “ pillar of salt”
How can you possibly be an MD and write such shockingly evil and humanless comments? You are claiming that the low attendance of a movie applauding zionism and genocide is a result of "godless and demonic forces"? How could you have taken an oath to do no harm, yet be okay with genocide, and worse, condemn those as "godless and demonic" who are NOT okay with it.
The only genocide in the documentary was the savagery inflicted by Hamas against innocents on October 7, 2023. The remainder of the film was the world's twisted response immediately after -- like yours here, L. Angel.
Of course it was. So the question is, why are you ordering people on this page to go see it when it doesn't feature the 50,000+ Palestinians murdered, and churches and hospitals destroyed? How is my response here "twisted"? "Godless and demonic" are the people SUPPORTING genocide and zionism, not those who oppose them!
Please learn how to read. I didn't "order" anybody to do anything. What a goofy thing to claim. I did "encourage" folks to see the film -- as I encourage you, L. Angel. Again, an important point the filmmaker stresses throughout: From hours after the October 7 slaughter, the focus shifted to Palestinians and well before Israel fired a single shot. It was that fast, the vicious rhetoric hurled against Israel and against Jews everywhere, including here. Your own hateful rhetoric validates the film's point. Now, get a life.
It's shocking to think you were actually a professor. Did you talk to your students like this? Are you jealous of my moral compass because you lack one? Defending people from mass slaughter isn't 'hateful rhetoric' you crazy woman. How can you be so dishonest?
Shame on our country and our leaders. This should never happen anywhere but in America???
Actually, anti-Semitism is happening globally. The UN. Red Cross. . . .
Thank you for this review and commentary. We’re waiting for it to show near us. Words fail but if “Black Lives Matter” here in the U.S. then why don’t others’ lives? A wise friend in Santa Barbara once clued me in on the Red-Green Axis. Look it up. It’s happening on our campuses right under our noses. 👃
SB Native "We’re waiting for it to show near us." That SHOW has been playing out before
your very eyes by the SB So-Called-Leaders over the last 10 years.
For those who wonder how can this happen here, I suggest you begin looking at the ethnic study curriculums and departments in CA schools and universities. Look at the curriculums, professors and staff of DEI departments. Think about the implications of Critical race theory, your kids and their teachers are being groomed to be receptive if not advocate for policies and actions such as played out last spring on campus.
Critical Race Theory = Tribalism IMHO
Thank you for writing. What astounded me was the almost instant response of the many schools to the October 7th barbarian attacks: coincidence? I think not; the flags and posters appeared the next day on campuses. The racial hypocrisy is very discouraging after the $millions obviously wasted on our country.
Somehow this reminds me of Germany Munich Dacau.
After the concentration camp was
Opened. The US Army forced the local German inhabitants to come to the camp to see what their country had done.
They were exposed to the reality of hate.
They were made to carry the dead.
They were forced to view what they chose to ignore.
To paraphrase Louise Hay: Anger breeds Resentment which leads to Blame which results in Punishment.
It's a vicious cycle. In the Mid East it appears regularly since about 3200 years ago when the Jews found the 'promised land'. (war after war after war, etc)
What if the Celts or Gauls or whatever the inhabitants of England, Wales, Ireland were called continued to Resent the invasion of Saxons and Danes and others about 1200 years ago?
Instead, about 400 years after the invasion of Britain, people began to generally figure out how to get along with the different ethic groups and broke down Tribalism.
Well, good for them!
Meanwhile, in the rest of world, the Malays don't like the Thais who don't like the Cambodians, for example. Or how about Czechoslovakia? They separated into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Just couldn't get along; I guess on tribal grounds.
And China? For the past 2250 years the disliked ethnicities have been moved westward toward the mountains.
Why can't we all get along? Well.....anger breeds resentment, etc.
Outstanding post Peter. It’s all cyclic about power, land, learning to somehow get along … especially when some are trained to hate.
October 7th was a day of horrific and disgusting slaughter in which 1,139 people died and more than 200 were taken captive. What followed over the next 16 months, and continues to this day, was the complete destruction of Gaza's infrastructure and the slaughter of over 50,000 people and the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. After viewing "October 8th" you should go see the Academy Award nominated film "No Other Land." With the likes of Hamas and Netanyahu in charge, this violence will only continue.
Your comment reinforces the film's message: the corpses were not yet buried when "spontaneous" demonstrations erupted on campuses and in the streets in support of the Palestinians and denouncing (in vile language and actions) Israel and all Jews.
What is wrong with supporting the Palestinians after what has been done to them with our money? You are one sick woman! Where is your order for people to go see No Other Land?
SS: thousands of years of unrest; millions dead, tortured, traumatized. Violence in the Middle East will continue until when?
Until all well funded, highly organized terrorist groups are eradicated? Until all Jews annihilated or relocated to where?
Where can safety and peace be assured to millions of people who simply seek calm? Is there a solution when I see youngsters 5-12 throwing rocks and worse at journalists and tourists, trained to hate, trained to destroy, torture and kill? How do the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, …, retain power without the active support of followers?
I agree there are two sides to every conflict. As the author Celeste notes in the documentary, it’s impactful to view the Middle Eastern map showing how many Jews have been eliminated from each Middle Eastern Country.
Closer to home, Sheryl Sandberg asks her walking friend something like— ‘if needed, would you hide me?’ Her friend oblivious like most Americans, or perhaps in denial.
Thanks Celeste. Jerry
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Gentleman%27s+Agreement&mid=D68DED319B3F1169ED82D68DED319B3F1169ED82&view=detail&mcid=280D30EEA714473095FB279C7F9FCA2F&FORM=VIRE&PC=APPL
Please take the time to watch this 30 minute backstory documentary on the film, "Gentleman's Agreement." And then get ahold of the movie. You will discover that little has changed since the film's 1947 release. The film won 3 Oscars and despite the fact that considerable pressure had been exerted to prevent its making: Best Picture (Daryl Zanuck), Director (Elia Kazan), and Supporting Actress (Celeste Holme, for whom I was named). Consider, too, that "Gentleman's Agreement" was released two years after the death camps were exposed and while the Nuremburg trials were ongoing. Actually, anti-Semitism is even worse today.
Qatar allegedly, invested millions if not billions on college campuses, created this loathsome narrative. How did they create this groundwork by stealth?
Thank you, Celeste, I wish to see the movie October 8.
November 1 is a typographical error. We were in haste to publish the article so that folks could get to the theatres to watch "October 8." I hope you will. But you deflect again, Nancy, as you often do. The film is not about Donald Trump, his Administration, or the GOP. It's about Jews and the overt rise in anti-Semitism. The celebration of anti-Semitism on our campuses, in the streets, and through the Press. And, our non-response collectively and individually.
Error was during layout and has been corrected. Apologies to the author and readers.
The events of October 7th were reprehensible, disgusting and unacceptable. Those Hamas criminals responsible for these outrageous atrocities must be held accountable by way of military annihilation.
Many questions yet remain regarding college demonstrations:
How is it college protesters seem to have been tipped off the day before (10/6) the attacks, calling for a “Day of Protest.”
Who is responsible for funding these criminal acts on our college campuses?
Why have college administrators been unwilling to denounce violence associated with Palestinian groups on our campuses?
What role has Hamas played in college demonstrations?
Has any public funds, such as USAID been used in any way to support college “Free Palestine” demonstrations?
Has any Public Unions assisted in any way these radical groups?
Has any local officials aided in any way, these radical groups?
Time for law enforcement to ask these and other questions.
LT as you know there is a LOOK-A-LIKE New "MK ULTRA"
funded by you Quess what with it's tentacles thru-out the US.
Hello Harvey D Becker you can learn or view MK Ultra Here>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA6eBKvph_Y&ab_channel=JREClips
LT answers to many of your questions are in the documentary October 8.
Corollary to my earlier questions:
Why are MANY protesting students Jewish themselves, in support of Hamas?
Why is the vast MAJORITY of American Jewry hostile and antagonistic towards our President and Christians in general, who have overwhelmingly supported the state and people of Israel?
Why is the American press, specifically, Cooper Anderson, Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash, Jake Tapper, Rachel Maddow, Jeffrey Goldberg, Trudy Rubin (all Jews) continually spew divisive, hateful, vile rhetoric towards ALL Republicans and Conservatives in general?
Why ask why?
Holy shit Harv, the “mustard” has come off your hotdog. Why do you suppose those idiots on J6 were unarmed if they had mass murder in mind? Besides, which murder(s) are you talking about? Oh ya, Bro shooting unarmed woman coming through a window.
Suggest you consider a Cymbalta chaser with your dinner?
Bruh, put down the water pipe and call it a night.
Congratulations Becker, you seem to have done your homework…and did so without dropping the “F” bomb!
However, your research appears to be about as wobbly as Joe Biden’s brain! Sure, as any well versed researcher (such as yourself) should know, anytime you see qualifiers such as “no clear evidence,” “no publicly verified evidence,” “some protests may cross the line,” “complex and sensitive issue,” one is suspect of the undeniable data.
The facts are crystal clear, MANY students, activists and foreign agitators are involved in CRIMINAL activities. Period, end of story. The ongoing investigations by the FBI, DOJ, ATF and others will bear this out.
Fear not, the hammer will drop soon and in short order as to who, what, where and how. Specifically, WHO is funding this criminal activity. Similarly, WHO is behind the DOMESTIC TERRORISTS burning down Tesla dealerships?
I for one denounce any and all violence in order for political change…do YOU, Becker?
I’m waiting.
LT: The documentary October 8, addresses 2 of your 3 questions.
1) Why are MANY protesting students Jewish themselves, in support of Hamas?
Jewish Voice for Peace is the largest organization of “Jewish themselves, in support of Hamas”. They’re against the US funding Israel’s war. They’re “fighting for divestment from Israeli genocide and apartheid”, to “advance a Judaism aligning with our spiritual and moral commitments”.
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/nobombs/
2) Why is the vast MAJORITY of American Jewry hostile and antagonistic towards our President and Christians in general, who have overwhelmingly supported the state and people of Israel?
PEW reports 42%. Not all Christians or Catholics are alike; not are Jews. “why do so many Jewish groups and voters abhor their Christian evangelical allies? To answer that question carefully, we would need data that distinguish among Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and secular Jews.”
Why Don’t Jews Like the Christians Who Like Them? | City Journal
https://www.city-journal.org/article/why-dont-jews-like-the-christians-who-like-them
3) Why is the American press, specifically, Cooper Anderson, Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash, Jake Tapper, Rachel Maddow, Jeffrey Goldberg, Trudy Rubin (all Jews) continually spew divisive, hateful, vile rhetoric towards ALL Republicans and Conservatives in general?
That’s what they’re paid to do!
I read this story of Discrimination and Hatred titled "ON FILM
October 8th by Celeste Barber, UC, Santa Barbara Alumnus 1982"
I have a supporting title of "Hatred & Violence Against Anyone
Especially the Jews Has No-Place-In-America"
I quote from Ms. Barber's article as follows > "The October 7, 2023
attack was yet another attempt to rid the world of Jews." AND
"There are heroes presented in the documentary, noteworthy, the UCSB Student Body President, --Tessa Veksler--. Remember her name. Upon hearing the news of the October 7 attacks, Tessa went on Social Media and made a statement condemning the attack and expressing grief as a -----young Jewish woman--" AND "Within minutes, the hate postings flooded in, including death threats" AND "Veksler family back story. In Tessa’s interview, we learn that her parents were refugees from Russia, arriving in the United States with their young son. So ingrained were their memories of Russian anti-Semitism – the notorious word, Pogrom ..."
Like Tessa Vekler, X weblink here https://tinyurl.com/39brkhav, another young Russian Women, a Jew, let's call her Julia, came into Santa Barbara in 2014 from Russia. Julia's Jewish Bra Babushka (Great Russian Granny) had 8 sons and a husband who all went off to fight in the Great War, WWII. All 9 brave Jewish Russian family members were killed. There were over 25 Million Russian's Killed in the Great War by the Nazis many of them Jews. Babushka help raise Julia in the Jewish Tradition & to Never Forget.
Like Tessa a brave Russian Jew, Julia would investigate the Corruption in Santa Barbara and later targeted with Hatred by the Santa Barbara So-Called-Leaders. It is Julia's name that is the sole signature on her Letter to the Attorney General of the United States, William Pelham Barr, detailing Crimes, including Crimes of Hate against the Santa Barbara Community and it's Citizens.
You Now Know the Rest of the Disturbing Story as in Paul Harvey
Howard Walther, Member of a Military Family