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ZOA’s Turner, Depty Dir. Govt Relations JNS Op-Ed: The Problem Is Antisemitism From the Left

By Adam Turner

Deputy Dir. of Govt. Relations, Zionist Organization of America

(December 17, 2024 / JNS) Antisemitism is an increasingly explosive and dangerous problem in the West, including in the United States. To deal with this challenge, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative nonprofit, has established Project Esther and an associated task force, of which the Zionist Organization of America is a member.


It is important to understand the vast scope of the problem. In the year since Oct. 7, 2023, the Anti-Defamation League has recorded more than 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the United States. Among those recorded confrontations were:


  • A radical Muslim antisemitic college professor murdered an elderly, 69-year-old Jewish pro-Israel supporter.


  • Teen antisemites rampaged through the halls of a New York high school—for nearly two hours—simply because they discovered a teacher had attended a pro-Israel rally. This mob forced the terrified educator to hide in a locked office as they tried to push their way into her classroom.


  • In New York City, antisemites attacked a kosher restaurant multiple times, screaming obscenities, throwing objects and intimidating customers.


  • At Harvard University, “Jewish students on campus have been subjected to a really hostile environment in which they have been intimidated, harassed and in some instances physically assaulted because they’re Jewish.”


  • In Philadelphia, a group of antisemitic protesters rioted outside of an Israeli-style falafel shop, prompting the Biden White House and Josh Shapiro, the Democrat governor of Pennsylvania, to decry the attack.


  • In Los Angeles, a violent mob descended on a synagogue, intent on intimidating worshippers. Masked and keffiyeh-clad goons maced and pepper-sprayed members of the local community while police, reportedly instructed not to intervene by city officials, looked on.


  • In Washington, D.C., antisemites trespassed into the U.S. Congress and screamed antisemitic slogans before being arrested for obstructing the legislative process.


  • In Washington D.C., the Char Bar, a kosher restaurant, was vandalized on the 86th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s Kristallnacht attacks on Jews in Europe.
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