‘His last name was Bernstein’: Exchange over yarmulke brings antisemitism into focus in murder trial

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‘His last name was Bernstein’: Exchange over yarmulke brings antisemitism into focus in murder trial

SANTA ANA, CALIF. – Any notion that Judaism would take backseat in Samuel Woodward’s trial for the murder of Blaze Bernstein dissolved in five words, delivered with barely-concealed contempt at the end of the trial’s third day. “His last name was Bernstein.” The words, from the victim’s father, won’t appear in the courtroom transcript. The judge struck them from the record. He said they didn’t answer to the question the defense attorney put to G…