As news spreads of the recently disseminated statewide California Voter Guide being coopted by a candidate whose platform is simply a moronic screed of antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories, one thing can be said: At least the candidate is open and honest about his beliefs.  The same cannot be said for any of the candidates for Congress in New York’s 12th Congressional District, the most Jewish district in the United States.

The contest for the seat being given up by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the longest serving Jew currently in Congress, is effectively a lifetime appointment to Congress, given the nature of incumbency and the liberal tendency of voters in the district.  The field of candidates is wide and includes New York Democratic machine politicians, a Kennedy, and a converted ex-Republican, among several others, and they all seek to outdo the others in their anti-Trump credentials and rhetoric.

With less than two months to go until the primary, none of the candidates – not one – is daring to openly say what if anything they believe or intend to do about rampant antisemitism in their party. They do not even acknowledge that it is a problem.

Not even recent events such as the blatantly antisemitic transformation of the Board of Trustees of the University of........

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