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How political extremes have always converged around antisemitism

How political extremes have always converged around antisemitism

(RNS) — As Passover approaches, the Jewish people revisit the true moment of liberation, when the Israelites traversed the parted waters of the Red Sea: “The waters were split, and the Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left” (Exodus 14:21-22). Many Jews feel like, today, we are walking between similar walls — except the waters pressing in on us are not from a sea, but from antisemitism that emanates from both extremes of the political spectrum. The wall on the left is epitomized by California Rep. Ro Khanna, a rising star on the Democratic Party’s progressive wing. He is not only stridently anti-Israel, he publicly aligns himself with antisemitic figures. In a recent social media post on X, Khanna said he supports Graham Platner, a candidate for Maine’s Democratic senatorial nomination who sports a tattoo that resembles the Nazi SS “death’s head,” and the far-left antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker who holds Israel responsible for Hamas’ savage Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. …