For as long as the Jewish Diaspora has existed, the image projected onto the Jew has adapted itself to whatever a society abhors most. In medieval Europe, Jews were accused of poisoning wells and spreading the Black Plague. Christian authorities branded them “Christ-killers.” In Nazi Germany, Jews were labeled as “race polluters,” corrupters of blood and nation. In the Soviet Union, they were condemned as capitalist parasites and imperialist conspirators. The accusation changes with history, but the pattern remains remarkably consistent: Jews become the symbolic embodiment of a society’s deepest anxieties and insecurities

Today, in many progressive circles across the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has emerged as one of the country’s most hated institutions. As immigration protests spread and activists organize against deportations and detention centers, a new claim has gained traction on college campuses and social media alike: that Israel and........

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