LOS ANGELES >> Noah Reich’s bedroom and his parents’ bedroom are on opposite sides of their Encino home.
The 27-year-old jokes the chasm between the two mirror the current state of the country.
Last Sunday, more than a week after their father attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Reich and his 31-year-old brother, Adam, stood at LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal holding a sign that read: “Two Jewish brothers standing with our Muslim brothers” in all caps.
Their blue hats read: “We’re still here.”
Reich said his mother was born in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. His grandparents were concentration camp survivors. As a result, he and his brother “know the power of what it means to be denied who you are based on your religion,” Noah Reich said. “For us, we look at all the groups that stood up for us and we know discrimination when we see it.
“The least we could do is be here to stand with our Muslim brothers and sisters in this country.”
The Reich brothers brought their father to Sunday’s protests to show him “the heart behind the Muslim community,” Noah Reich said. Though he wasn’t with his sons early in the afternoon, Adam Reich said his father was there “soaking everything in.”
The brothers hope the day’s demonstrations open a dialogue, a healthy conversation, between the country and between family members.
“This is what America looks like,” gatherers chanted several times over.
Noah Reich agreed.
“We’re here at an international terminal, where flights are coming in from all around the world,” Noah Reich said. “People are visiting our country for the first time, and they’re really seeing that this is the beauty of America. There are people here marching, there are people here chanting — people from all walks of life.
“At the end of the day, this is what America looks like.”
