Essayists and a variety of writers are puzzling over the incredibly rapid rise in antisemitism, frequently, but not always, cloaked as anti-Israelism.  “What is going on,” they wonder almost out loud?  Bill Maher seems to be the only cultural icon speaking out against the plague of bigotry which is endemic to both the leftwing of the Democratic party and the rightwing of the Republican.

The plague does not begin and end with non-Jews either.  Even one with a strong constitution should be sick to the stomach to see a podium with Bernie Sanders and a few of his Jewish lap dogs trashing the country and their own heritage.  Are they really shooting up with the heroin of hatred or do they truly believe that neither Judaism nor Israel has a right to exist?

I have spent lots of time talking with my friend, Mike Moskow, about this.  He is one of the most thoughtful and intellectually honest thinkers that I know.

Some see hatred against Jews as opposed to disgust for Israel as separate.  It is okay to hate Israel, but not to hate domestic Jews.  It should be no shock, however, that anti-Israel fanaticism is taken out against Jews anywhere, including Jewish businesses and Jewish politicians who are not necessarily on the extreme of the political spectrum.  The enemies of decency make no distinction between Judaism and Israel.

There are those who believe that antisemitism will never die because it is so strongly ensconced within traditional religions of western civilization.  The Jew has been characterized as being in league with the devil since the end of the First Century and, unfortunately, not much has changed over the two millennium.

Extremists create a God........

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