The Disturbing Rise of Anti-Semitism And What We Can Do To Stop It
Being Jewish in today’s world in many ways has never been easier – kosher symbols are easily recognizable on food packaging, non-discrimination laws help those who are more observant maintain their faith and their jobs, and many universities have Jewish support on campus through organizations like Hillel or Chabad. But even as all of this is true, there has been a steep rise in anti-Semitism in the past few years.
Only a few days ago, the world paused on Holocaust Remembrance Day to reflect upon the devastating genocide of the Jews that occurred less than eighty years ago. And yet, even as many of us stand up and say, “Never again,” less than half of Americans in 2020 know how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust, according to Pew Research.