For generations, Jews in America have lived with a dangerous illusion: that comfort is the same thing as security. We built lives here, raised families here, educated our children here, and contributed to the success of this country. For many of us, that created the assumption that Jewish safety in America was permanent.

It was never guaranteed. And it is looking less guaranteed now.

Antisemitism is not only rising; it is hardening. Jews are being harassed in public, attacked on campuses, targeted in the streets, and in some cases killed simply for being Jewish. Jewish institutions are fortifying themselves because the threat is real. What was once dismissed as fringe hatred is increasingly finding expression in mainstream discourse, social movements, and political rhetoric. That should alarm every Jew who still believes history cannot repeat itself here.

We also need to be honest about another truth: antisemitism does not ask Jews whether they are religious, secular, observant, assimilated, politically liberal, politically conservative, Zionist, or anti-Zionist. It does not care how a Jew practices, or whether a Jew feels deeply connected to Israel or sharply critical of its........

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