The New American Antisemitism

Cal Thomas, Tribune Content Agency on Feb 22, 2024

During the “red scare” of the McCarthy era, many of those accused of communist sympathies or membership in the Communist Party, especially in Hollywood, were Jews.

Modern antisemitism is egged-on by members of “The Squad” in Congress. One of those members, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn), has equated the United States and Israel with Hamas and the Taliban. That was too much for some of her Democratic colleagues, who denounced her comments.

College campuses appear to be breeding grounds for modern antisemitism. A survey by the Anti-Defamation League found “ 73% of Jewish college students surveyed have experienced or witnessed some form of antisemitism since the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year alone. … Of the non-Jewish students erroneously assumed to be Jewish, nearly half (46%) stated that they had been targeted based on their assumed Jewishness.”

The worldwide media fuels some of this by either adopting a moral equivalency position between Israel and her enemies, failing to report on Islamic leaders who claim a religious mandate to eliminate Israel and exterminate Jews, and slanting their coverage in favor of the Palestinians.

Ginsberg’s book should be required reading for those who are unclear about the roots of antisemitism and how Jewish-hatred continues to poison the politics and culture of many countries, including our own.

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