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Surging Antisemitism Threatens Jews and America
Repackaged as “antizionism,” an ancient hatred poses a fundamental danger to us all.
J.D. Tuccille | 6.1.2026 7:00 AM
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In Santa Monica, California, last week, a Jewish couple was attacked by a man with a vicious dog and a baseball bat. Several weeks ago, synagogues and homes were vandalized with swastikas in New York City, and then a mob hostile to the Jewish state of Israel clashed with Jews outside a synagogue in Brooklyn. As disturbing as those incidents were, they paled in comparison to the fiery attack on a Michigan synagogue in April, the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers last May, and other violent crimes.
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An Explosion of Antisemitism
These incidents come against a backdrop of revived antisemitism or—to give it its proper name—Jew-hatred around the world. In the United States, re-mainstreaming of Jew-hatred began among popular influencers like far-left Hasan Piker and far-right Nick Fuentes but is now spreading among regular Americans.
Few officeholders are as openly bigoted as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who constantly voices anti-Jewish and anti-Israel statements before walking them back. Increasingly, though, Jewish lawmakers complain of an "explosion of antisemitism" directed at them by the public, as recently reported by Axios's Andrew Solender. It's likely to get worse.
In April, Pew Research polling revealed that "60% of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Israel, up from 53% last year,"........