Daniel S. Mariaschin and David J. Michaels

Many of Israel’s supporters and detractors alike have been stunned by the virulence of recent anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish sentiment, even in the aftermath of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 terrorist assault on Israel, and even in the United States. In New York, the most Jewish city outside the Jewish state, a politician with a record of accusing Israel of “genocide” and defending a call to “globalize the intifada” was recently elected mayor. This was not a harbinger of a shift back to moderation in mainstream American politics.

While disturbed by these developments, it would be a stretch to say we were stunned. We know from all too much history just how adaptable and alluring antisemitism can be. And we, unlike all too many elites, are acutely aware of a

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