There is a difference between isolated incidents and a pattern. One can be dismissed. The other demands explanation.

Across the Western world—countries long considered stable, pluralistic democracies—Jewish communities are confronting a reality that would have seemed improbable not long ago: rising hostility that is no longer confined to the margins.

In the United States—home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel—antisemitic incidents have surged to record levels. Similar trends have emerged in the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and Australia – countries long viewed as pillars of stability.

No single event defines the moment. But together – synagogue attacks, stabbings, shootings, harassment, and the normalization of rhetoric that would have once been rejected – they form something more difficult to ignore.

History does not repeat itself in exact form, but it does establish recognizable trajectories. Long before the horrors of the Holocaust, there were earlier signals: social exclusion, normalization of hostility, and political rhetoric that blurred the line between criticism and collective blame. Events like Kristallnacht did not emerge suddenly. They followed years of incremental........

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