Iwas going to start by saying these are tough times to be a Jew, but it’s usually a tough time to be a Jew.

Through our history, we’ve been terrorized, evicted and even exterminated nearly everywhere we’ve gone.

A shining exception was America, where we’ve been mostly welcome and allowed life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

There are worrisome signs this is changing, with open antisemitism across political lines and growing violence against Jews and our institutions.

It’s not inherently antisemitic to oppose Israel’s war in Gaza, but it becomes so when protesters hold American Jews responsible for a war we’re no more the cause of than they are. Many of us revile the ruthless carnage that’s making Israel a pariah state.

The right supports Israel, in large part because they admir

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