I have three children. They are three sources of extraordinary light—growing, learning, and striving every day to become good human beings who contribute positively to society. And they spend roughly half of their waking hours as potential targets, protected by armed security.

My children are not celebrities. They are not political figures with controversial views. They are not public personalities of any kind. They have done nothing wrong. They are simply Jews—children who attend a Jewish school and pray at a synagogue on Shabbat. And today, to exist openly as a Jew is to be a target. That is why armed security—real armed security, not mall cops—stands watch as they go about the ordinary business of childhood.

After the October 7th Hamas attack in Israel—and before Israel had responded in any way—accusations of genocide were leveled against the Jewish state. These allegations were not new. For decades, Israel’s detractors have deployed the same charge whenever the Israeli Defense Forces mobilized to defend the country against........

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