The news continues to be filled with shocking accounts of Jew hatred (or, as it is more blandly called, "antisemitism"). Ed Morrissey at HotAir described attacks on Jews and Jewish-owned businesses in Philadelphia and New York City last weekend as an "American Kristallnacht." Yet another article -- this one by Darlene McCormick Sanchez at the Epoch Times -- connects the support for Hamas and opposition to Israel with the many Marxist movements that have proliferated in the U.S.

Observant Jews and believing Christians may take issue with that conclusion; surely, one can support the end of hostilities that take the lives of countless innocents without subscribing to Marxist philosophy.

Of course, you can. But the Marxists are using you, nevertheless.

Throughout the history of Marxism, ideologues and activists have often aligned with religious believers by couching their revolutionary aspirations in terms like "fairness" and "justice" that they know will resonate with those having a religious worldview. But Marxists are only interested in using believers until they come to power -- after which their religious allies are disposable.

Karl Marx himself was quite specific on this point. At best, Marx viewed religion as a necessary evil in a world of oppressors, the need for which (like the state) would wither away once the proletariat or working class owned everything.

Despite his purported concern for "the people," Marx was a contemptible racist who referred to Blacks and Hispanics as being "closer to the animal kingdom." He........

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