For John, BLUF: This kind of thing used to be not so obvious. Nothing to see here; just move along.
Yes, six months old, but worth holding in our memory. Forgive, But never forget.
From PJ Media, by Mr Roger L Simon, 20 April 2019.
Here is the lede plus one:
I had a good first night of Passover seder in my new Nashville home thanks to some friends who took us to the impressive local Chabad.Chabad, to their credit, likes to make sure no Jew is left out on the holidays. (There were plenty of gentiles at the festivity as well.) Also to their credit, this consistently outreaching branch of the Hasidic movement is determinedly upbeat, looking to the future and the joy of life for all. L'chaim!
But even with this positive atmosphere, my mind drifted off and I kept thinking of Isaac Singer's post-Holocaust novel Shadows on the Hudson because there was clearly a shadow over Passover 2019.
For the first time in decades, anti-Semitism is growing in the United States. The old-line Jewish organizations like the Anti-Defamation League want us to believe this is being caused by a rise in white nationalism. This is no more than reactionary self-hypnosis leavened with a bit of nostalgia for the days of Father Coughlin. (Here's an irony for you. Coughlin's anti-Semitic newspaper was called "Social Justice.")
While there are and always will be — in a nation of three hundred and twenty-plus million — racist lunatics like the madman who shot up the Pittsburgh synagogue, such people, like the KKK today, are rare and considered extreme pariahs in our country. Tragically, they may do violence, but they have no influence on our culture. Indeed, they and their ideas are abhorred, as they should be.
The truly dangerous anti-Semitism, however, is coming from within the Democratic Party and its allies, often masquerading under the thinnest veneer of anti-Zionism. This growing bigotry has its origins in a vile alliance of the left and militant Islam (despite the obvious misogyny and homophobia of Islam — the left doesn't care, for some reason). It has infected our college campuses to the degree that Jewish students often feel threatened and if they are supporters of Israel or (gasp!) Republicans, are forced to go underground in a democracy.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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