‘We have to hold hope.’ How Jewish-Palestinian families cope.
The parents shield their sons, ages 2 and 4, from how the war hits home. That includes what their father, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, found at his Washington office last month.
Go back to where you came from, the typed note said. “You might get lucky with a missile, and meet your Allah sooner!”
Then, in all-caps, a call for all Palestinians to die.
Waseem AbuRakia-Einhorn’s employer, American University, says it’s investigating the note – and separate Nazi graffiti – with the FBI. “It was terrifying,” says Mr. AbuRakia-Einhorn, who now rarely leaves the house.
Yet he’s pushing himself to speak up – with encouragement from Becca AbuRakia-Einhorn, his Jewish American wife. Her support provides a refuge at home.
“She has a way of
