One major result of the Hamas attack and subsequent war in Gaza has been an alarming rise in antisemitism, notably from the left in America. Whether it be student groups on college campuses chanting, ‘Go back to Poland, go back to Germany,’ Jews being attacked at rallies, or groups like Democratic Socialists of America promoting pro-Hamas rallies, it has left progressive Jews wondering what’s going on in their world.
“To be clear, you are not a feminist if you can’t feel for the Israeli civilian women, children and babies who were murdered,” said Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women. “I’m very angry about what I’m hearing.”
Progressive Rabbi Sharon Brous, senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a voice for the Jewish community in Los Angeles, is scratching her head as well.
“We entered the upside-down world when a retrograde, regressive, totalitarian, misogynistic, messianic, terrorist regime became – for the time being – the hero of the left. How could it be?,” she asked.
All of this shouldn’t come as a complete surprise. A Harvard Harris Poll shows that 36% of liberals see the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians as justified. Among 18-24 year olds, a majority, 51%, say the killings could be justified.
Overall, a Gallup Poll shows Democrats are more sympathetic to the Palestinians than the Israelis, 49% to 38%.
Democrat strategist Joel Rubin believes if the left
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