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But it\u2019s not merely a problem in Australia. Ireland and Spain are not far behind in their open tolerance of Jew-hatred cloaked in anti-Israel activism. The poison is now everywhere in the democratic West, including the United States. We are waiting to find out more about the fatal shootings at Brown University this weekend, in a class led by a Jewish professor who taught on the \u201cintersection of economics and Jewish studies.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When many Jewish New Yorkers worried aloud that mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would not condemn the slogan \u201cGlobalize the Intifada,\u201d these actions are exactly what they feared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will we, as a society, take active steps to stop the resurgence of this hatred which threatens to destroy our values as well as endanger the safety of Jewish citizens? Or will we find ourselves 80 years in the rearview mirror, relying on the kindness of strangers to hide Jewish neighbors in the basement? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our government needs to take a multi-pronged, strategic approach to the problem, which is separate from its policy approach toward Israel and the geopolitics of the Middle East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the media, we need more thoughtful discussion and education about the history of this issue. Antisemitism is currently being given a stamp of approval by the likes of Tucker Carlson, Candace Owen and the increasingly accepted Nick Fuentes, an actual neo-Nazi. Hasan Piker holds up his end of this hatred on the left. I personally think those folks are nuts, peddling conspiracies, easily disproved lies and honestly just plain drivel (once upon a space-laser). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, lots of young people find them fascinating and even Joe Rogan sometimes lets these ideas onto his show. There is no counterweight in mainstream media of which I\u2019m aware. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rachel Maddow: You’ve taken on every historic instance of racism in our country, including against Japanese-Americans in your latest podcast series. When will you address antisemitism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Hollywood, there is a vocal humanitarian effort on behalf of Palestinian suffering, which includes many Jews such as Mandy Patinkin. We need a similar broad-based and full-throated call against antisemitism, not merely by our now-usual suspects of Messing, Gadot and Michael Rappaport. This industry which takes such pride in championing the marginalized, calling out discrimination and racism must also speak out loudly against violence toward Jews. Mark Ruffalo, Hannah Einbinder, Javier Bardem, I hope you will do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And finally, an accounting must finally come to the Muslim institutions that cherish freedom and their own safety. Extremist ideology, including hatred of Jews, has been allowed to fester for decades in a religion that has the word \u201cpeace,\u201d Salaam, embedded in its name. Copies of \u201cMein Kampf\u201d and \u201cProtocols of the Elders of Zion\u201d \u2013 vile antisemitic propaganda \u2013 are still commonly found<\/a> in Arab countries, feeding hatred and libelous conspiracies. The Muslim Brotherhood\u2019s intolerant ideology cannot stand as the mainstream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These are long term efforts that governments, cultural institutions, religious leaders and decent people everywhere must undertake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Individuals do matter. The lives of untold innocents were saved by the heroic action of a fruit-seller named Ahmed el-Ahmad, a 43-year-old Muslim who risked his life to tackle one of the killers<\/a>. This man stands for decency and bravery beyond measure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our world is full of people with such moral courage. This weekend I watched the documentary \u201cUnbroken,\u201d about a family of seven Jewish children in Berlin who were saved during World War Two by a German farmer and his wife, who hid them at their farm outside the city for two years. Their courage is stunning, even today. I met Beth Lane, the filmmaker who is the daughter of the youngest in this family, Bela Weber. The story (streaming on Netflix for those who are interested) is one of countless miracles that today stand as a counterargument to the crushing evil of the Holocaust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But we cannot go back there. The safety of Jews cannot depend on the heroic actions of a single individual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We have choices. We are not condemned to repeat calamities of the past. Less than a century ago more than half of world Jewry was wiped out. Let us resolve that this never happen again. This requires more than a shrug or even a tear. It requires determination, moral choices and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy Hanukkah. <\/p>\n\n\n
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