Column: Progressive Activism Against Israel Is Helping to Fuel Antisemitism Among Young People [View all]

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Of all the awful consequences of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, one stands out above all else: that the savage murder of more than 1,200 Israelis and the kidnapping of hundreds of others has led to the most significant wave of anti-Jewish hatred in recent American history.

It adds insult to profound injury—and if public opinion is to be believed, things may only get worse for American Jews.

According to a report last week from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), there have been more antisemitic incidents since Oct. 7 than any other two-month period since the ADL started keeping such statistics 45 years ago. (In New York City alone, there’s been a reported 85 percent increase in antisemitic property crime since Oct. 7.).

These episodes will be all too familiar to American Jews, repeated over Shabbat dinners and group texts since Oct. 7: antisemitic vandalism and mass protests outside Jewish-owned businesses across the country, including a falafel shop in Philadelphia; yarmulke-wearing Jews attacked and yelled at in public; swastikas and assaults against Jews outside synagogues and at community centers; and countless pro-Palestinian rallies where protesters voice blatantly antisemitic and even genocidal rhetoric.



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