The most interesting aspect of antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric is that the story line usually begins at the time a particular incident occurred, effectively negating the prior history that was elemental to the issue even before the incident in question took place.

For example, since the inception on February 28th of the US’ decision to go to war against Iran with Israel’s assistance, I hear many people saying that this war has made American Jews feel less safe because everyone knows it was Netanyahu who convinced Trump to attack Iran. Some people go on to claim that because they believe it is all Israel’s fault that Americans are suffering economically as a result, the safety of American Jews has been negatively affected.

What many of these people fail to realize is that antisemitism in the US has been expanding exponentially ever since October 7th when Hamas invaded Israel and slaughtered over 1,250 people while taking 254 hostages into Gaza, some of whom were already dead. For the last 28 months Jews worldwide have been fearful of displaying Jewish symbols, careful not to dress in a manner that looks “too Jewish”, preferring not to speak Hebrew in public and even going so far as to removing the mezuzot from the doorposts of their........

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