03/13/2026
Over the weekend in San Jose, two Jews were beaten for speaking Hebrew.
Not threatening anyone.
Not harming anyone.
Just speaking their native language.
Days later in Michigan, a truck filled with explosives was deliberately driven into a synagogue. It was the fifth synagogue attacked in a week.
This is what anti-Jewish hate looks like, but it doesn’t begin with violence.
It begins with lies, distortion, and the normalization of hatred toward Jews and the Jewish state. It spreads through misinformation and conspiracy theories until it spills from screens into the real world.
Antisemitism does not stay frozen in history.
It evolves and mutates.
Today it often spreads through narratives shaped by decades-old antizionist propaganda, language that reframes old hatred in ways many people no longer recognize.
Education about the Holocaust and genocide remains essential. But we must also ask: how do we help people recognize the forms antisemitism takes today?
Teaching Jewish history, identity, and how anti-Jewish hate evolves is one of the most powerful tools we have to confront it before it becomes violence. Together, as educators, students, and communities, we can build a future where knowledge, courage, and solidarity push hatred back.
