Israel’s national security depends on healing the world’s broken young men

We spend enormous resources combating antisemitism. We refute accusations, defend Israel’s image abroad and monitor hate speech online. Israel’s Foreign Ministry allocates hundreds of millions of shekels annually to hasbara efforts. American Jewish organizations invest similarly massive sums. Yet antisemitism persists, and in many corners, it grows stronger.

Perhaps we are missing a critical key.

The virus of Jew-hatred has always needed fertile ground to flourish. That ground isn’t primarily found in ideological manifestos or ancient prejudices. It’s found in broken, depressed people with nowhere to turn. Today, across the Western world, an entire generation of young men sits isolated in their parents’ basements, struggling with drug addiction, pornography addiction, and a profound sens