In the face of rising antisemitism worldwide, the naysayers among us are constantly telling us this is not Germany in 1939, that now we have our own country and our own army which is enough to protect us. Not true. Truth be told, it is worse than the 1940s was in Europe as it is now worldwide and our army is here in Israel not everywhere in the world.

Why is it worse today? Because in the run up to World War II and during the war itself Jews were not safe pretty much anywhere in Europe. But in the rest of the world that was not the case. Today, an identifiable Jew or Israeli walking on the streets of Manhattan, riding the New York City subway, attending a soccer match in Amsterdam, participating in a community event in Australia, strolling in Thailand or going to synagogue on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, is a potential target of violent antisemitism. Effectively in the eyes of those who hate us, each of us is a potential target wherever we are in the........

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