An elderly Jewish woman is firebombed while at a solidarity walk for the hostages in Boulder, Colo. Two Israeli Embassy staffers are gunned down on the steps of a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. And now, Charlie Kirk, an outspoken Christian Zionist, is murdered in cold blood at 31.
We do not yet know the motive behind Kirk’s murder. His Zionism may not have played a role. Even so, these are not disconnected events. They are part of a dangerous current running through our national life.
For centuries, violence against Jews and those who stand with them has been a signal of civilizational peril. When Jews and their allies are singled out for hatred and attack, it does not stop there. It is a warning that the broader culture of law, civility and debate is unraveling, and that intoler