"in New York State, the figure was 19%."

"stations marching in Charlottesville eventually merge, Mead notes: Bo"

"On the left, Boston University scholar Ibram X. Kendi posits that all racial dis"

"reaction of people like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani betrays something more."

"is particularly bad for Jews.Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Russell Mead has noted that the U.S. historically has been a uniquely hospitable home for Jewish citizens because of a belief in the American Way, which treats citizens as Americans, not members of racial, ethnic or religious groups. Today, however, illiberal racial identity politics on both the left and right are undermining a common American identity and feeding antisemitism.On the right, we see a revival of the idea that white Christian Americans are more fully American than other citizens. The nations vice president, JD Vance, has articulated a disturbing vision of an America defined mostly by blood and soil rather than by its noble aspirations. When right-wing politicians identify small towns as the real America, they set up a hierarchy of Americanness that is dangerous to many groups, including Jews.On the left, Boston University scholar Ibram X. Kendi posits that all racial disparities are the result of racial discrimination; therefore, any deviation from proportional group representation is suspect. Given that Jews make up 0.2% of the worlds population yet have won 22% of Nobel Prizes, for instance, the logic of proportional representation suggests something nefarious is afoot.Relatedly, leftists on campus embrace a simplistic anti-colonial framing that neatly divides the world into powerful oppressors and powerless oppressed people. This approach, former Harvard dean Harry Lewis notes, gives a veneer of academic respectability to the ugly old stereotype of Jews as evil but deviously successful people.Thus the overlapping obsession with identity among illiberal leftists on college campuses and white nationalists marching in Charlottesville eventually merge, Mead notes: Both sides worship ethnicity, despise the American way, and hate Jews.The decline in young peoples support for liberal democracy as a system and belief in America as a force for good is not only bad for the country, but also for Israel. American sup"

"give up the racial, ethnic or religious identities that give meaning to their lives in addition to their shared identities as Americans. Unlike in France, for example, Americans do not compel Muslim women to forgo wearing a hijab in public spaces. A stron"

"omdani condemned the U.S. and Israeli action against Iran as an illegal war of aggression, omitting any critique of the murderous Iranian regime that tramples the rights of women and sponsors terrorism."