The co-author of this excellent column – my opinion – also has an excellent interview which I’ve posted below the excerpted column. In the interview Noa Tishby gives a good summary of antisemism and how it has morphed from one reason to another since the Romans.
For those who hate Jews, Hamas carrying out the Oct. 7 attacks was not a cause for sympathy or reflection, but a call to action.
In more than two years since, we have seen antisemitic protests on streets and campuses throughout the West, and murders of Jews in the United States, United Kingdom — and, most recently, Australia.
There is no country in the world where Jews do not need ironclad security to protect their schools, community centers, and places of worship.
Just this past weekend, an Israeli comedian was banned from an appearance in Beverly Hills because of allegations attributed to his nationality.
Against this backdrop of hatred, people often ask us: Could the Holocaust happen again?
Do we think the Jews of Europe, America, or Australia will be put on trains to be transported to their industrial murder while the world watches and does nothing?
The probable answer is no, though there can be no room for complacency about the scale and ferocity of the threat facing Jewish communities.
Here’s the interview –
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