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America must confront the evil of soaring antisemitism — before it's too late
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America must confront the evil of soaring antisemitism — before it's too late

New York Post·Post Editorial Board·6 months ago
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An anti-Israel march in Manhattan on April 17, 2026. Photo by Selcuk Acar /Anadolu via Getty Images

America’s growing antisemitism problem is proving an existential test for Democrats across the country, but it’s incumbent on all of good will to fight it — and not with lame “Holocaust education” initiatives.

In an April poll by McLaughlin Associates , 15% of Long Islanders said the Holocaust is exaggerated to some extent (or refused to answer the question); 30% said Jews should just “move on” from the history-breaking barbarity of the camps.

Disheartening sad results from a largely suburban region with a significant Jewish population — and this is far from the only data.

In a national poll done for Blue Square Alliance in December, 27% of respondents said Jews “cause problems in the world”; 18% saw Jews as a threat to America’s unity.

And both numbers nearly doubled on the same questions in 2023.

An Anti-Defamation League report last May found that antisemitic incidents in the United States rose for…

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