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On December 10, 2019, shoppers in a Kosher market in Jersey City, N.J., became the targets of anti-Semitic violence. A man and a woman opened fire in the grocery store, killing four people. Just a few weeks later, a man wielding a machete broke into a Rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York and stabbed five people who were in the midst of celebrating Hanukkah. One victim, 72-year-old Josef Neumann, was left the most seriously injured and remains in a coma. These two atrocious incidents are just a fraction of a trend of anti-Semitic attacks in the United States. In a letter written to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, four New York Jewish officials wrote that, “Simply stated, it is no longer safe to be identifiably Orthodox in the State of New York. We cannot shop, walk down the street, send our children to school, or even worship in peace.” Not even a full century after the Holocaust, anti-Semitism is once again rearing its ugly head. What’s causing the outbreak and what can be done to counteract this hatred? Rev. Ben Johnson, senior editor at Acton, breaks it down.
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