anti-Semitism

Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg recently shared with a Jewish publication that he so is dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism, that if he were elected, he would allocate $1 billion to fight it.

Last week two armed people opened fire on a kosher market in New Jersey leaving several people dead. While it has not been confirmed, evidence is suggesting that the shooters may have been linked to an anti-Semitic group, the Black Hebrew Israelites. So, who are the Black Hebrew Israelites anyway?

Some 88 percent of Jewish Americans believe that anti-Semitism is a problem in America. According to data, anti-Semitism in the U.S. from by 57 percent in 2017. Additionally, in the last five years, around half of all Jewish American young people have experienced anti-Semitism.

While authorities have yet to release an official statement regarding the motivation for the attack, New Jersey's Attorney General announced that the shooting in a Kosher Market in Jersey City on Tuesday is looking like it may have been motivated by anti-Semitism.

President Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that makes anti-Semitism a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1963.

Every day — every. single. day. — there is another incident of Jew hatred.

Enough already.

The only real question is: What can we do? What kind of activism would be necessary and sufficient to begin to heal this herpes virus that keeps on returning to the body politic?

France recently passed a resolution declaring that the hatred of Israel is anti-Semitism.