Antisemitism is trending again. As soon as the news broke of the horrors in Israel on October 7th, students at America’s top universities and beyond were rushing to defend the perpetrators, and it’s only gotten worse.
Around the world, antisemites are harassing students, staging protests, vandalizing Jewish homes and businesses, destroying posters of the Israeli hostages, and crafting insane justifications that blame the Jewish victims.
“Do you think they can tell that I’m Jewish?” a young 19-year-old asked her mother, her voice strained with fear. This conversation took place in 2024, not 1944. It’s a question that carries with it the weight of Jewish history, a history punctuated by persecution and pogroms. The mother, a dear friend of ours, could hardly believe the scenario her daughter was describing. The fears born from the darkest chapters of human history still resonate in the lives of Jews today.
Antisemitism is trending again. As soon as the news broke of the horrors in Israel on October 7th, students at America’s top universities and beyond were rushing to defend the perpetrators, and it’s only gotten worse. Around the world, antisemites are harassing students, staging protests, vandalizing Jewish homes and businesses, destroying posters of the Israeli hostages, and crafting insane justifications that blame the Jewish victims.
“Do you think they can tell that I’m Jewish?” a young 19-year-old asked her mother, her voice strained with fear.
This conversation took place in 2024, not 1944.
It’s a question that carries with it the weight of Jewish history, a history punctuated by persecution and pogroms. The mother, a dear friend of ours, could hardly believe the scenario her daughter was describing. The fears born from the darkest chapters of human history still resonate in the lives of Jews today.
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