Solidarity alone cannot sustain the taboo against hateful bigotry. We need our leaders to enforce the social and institutional penalties that keep the illiberal, immoral, and violent fringe on the absolute margins.

There are few moral leaders I admire more than Tal Becker, whose insights I have intently listened to and learned from these past few years. That’s why I was grateful to have him answer my question on a recent episode of the Inside Call Me Back podcast, where I asked how we can make overt eliminationist bigotry and the endorsement of violence socially taboo again.

Becker’s answer focused on the necessity of moral courage and solidarity, particularly from non-Jews. He shared a powerful anecdote of encouraging a European politician to place a mezuzah on his door after a constituent’s house was defaced with a swastika. This is a vital message of solidarity, even though that........

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