My congressman doesnt get it: The troubling failure to confront antisemitism

My world, like that of many Jews around the world, has been upside down since the Hamas terror attacks in Israel on Oct.7, 2023.We wept and rallied for the return of the Israeli hostages; we mourned those who were murdered; and we tried to help those who survived begin to heal.Nothing we experienced here in California can compare to what our brothers and sisters in Israel had been living with.

Yet the effects in Orange County have been real, and continue to reverberate in our daily lives.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story Multiple friends have received death threats for supporting Israel.I’ve had property vandalized.I’ve been accosted by men, faces wrapped in keffiyehs, eager to tell me that the youngest Israeli hostages, a toddler and an infant, “are dead.” Those children had been murdered by their captors, but, without apparent irony, those same keffiyeh-clad men then called me a “baby killer.”I now remove Jewish symbols before taking a loved one to a new medical appointment, fearing that a health care provider could be affected by their political ideas in how they treat — or fail to treat — my family member.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!None of this was happening before Oct.

7.But it is the result of a propaganda tactic as effective as it is evil.

Hamas built its military infrastructure within and underneath schools, mosques and hospitals, to ensure any Israeli response to the Oct.7 attack would produce imagery that would spark outrage.Many in the West ignore Hamas and ...