Episode 451: Arnie Arnesen Attitude April 24 2024

Attitude with Arnie Arnesen

Our guests:
Part 1:
Aaron Peskin, currently the President of the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco. He is running for Mayor.

Topics:

The home affordability crisis in San Francisco. Peskin's goal is to make SF a more affordable, fair, and equitable city, not just for millionaires.

He considers SF a "small town with global wealth".

The business community currently dominates SF, and many billionaires are involved in local politics, although SF is a group of "small towns" with citizens who care about their neighborhoods, beyond speculation and investment values.

Part 2:

Saul Kaiserman, a doctoral candidate in Jewish Education.

This conversation was about perceptions and how people react based on their view of Jewish life, and Jews' relations to other groups. This is in the context of Passover. We discuss the meaning of the Seder, and how people should understand how they are all traumatized by the actions against Jews, and actions by Jews.

The conversation covered the unrest on college campuses, and the treatment of demonstrators.

Are the Jews the "most moral army in the world?" was a topic that was also discussed.

The speaker also mentioned the generational gap between Jews: older people focused on the injustices and persecutions in the past, and younger people who are aware of the problems in Gaza, and the Israeli government's role, including that of Netanyahu.

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