I’ve written two essays on the deeply disturbing explosion of antisemitism since the October 7th pogrom that Hamas engineered against Israelis.

For the Washington Monthly, I examined the presidential race, as it currently stands, surveying the troubling reality that, among the candidates likely to appear on the ballot, President Joe Biden is the only one unworthy of accusations of antisemitism. In the essay, I take a close look at how Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Cornel West flirt with antisemites..

For the Bulwark, I issued a statement to fellow progressives, warning against the dangers of antisemitism, and declaring that I – and I suspect I am not alone – will not associate with antisemitism. The American left must eradicate the antisemitism currently festering and growing within its own ranks. The modern form of an ancient hatred is a moral abomination, and it undermines any intellectual and ethical credibility we could hope to have in the struggle against the fascistic right.