The signs are no longer subtle. Hate is back in the streets, visible, loud, and increasingly dangerous.

Soldiers are back in the cities, armed and trying to protect Jewish property and Jewish lives.

The Nazi Era is resurfacing, with Islamic extremist factions promoting antisemitic, authoritarian, and violent ideologies, echoing dangerous movements from the past.

Jews are being attacked in public spaces, their homes and businesses targeted by arson, their identity twisted into something people feel emboldened to despise again. And when the word “Jew” becomes uncomfortable to say, it is replaced with “Zionist,” as if that thin linguistic disguise makes the hatred more acceptable. It does not. It only reveals how history is repeating itself in ways too many refuse to acknowledge.

It is time to be honest about what is happening. We are entering a new and troubling era, one shaped not only by old prejudices but amplified by modern misinformation and ideological extremism. Much of this hostility is emerging from societies that pride themselves on tolerance and progress, yet are........

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