The most shocking aspect of the recent spate of public declarations of Jew-hate isn’t their content but how normal and accepted they have become in the discourse.

In 2012, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota said that “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel,” an eschatological statement that describes the unique wickedness of the Jewish People.

But if you catch a glimpse of a CNN clip online (not recommended) you might be fooled into believing that Omar was referring to the democratically elected government of Israel. In fact, according to one of that network’s leading anchors, Christiane Amanpour, Omar might even be admired for refusing to “profess fealty or at least pay homage to AIPAC” as part of a “new wave of Democrats not afraid to be critical of the government of Israel.”

What a moment we live in. The Democratic Party, which for decades has steadfastly supported Israel, cannot now explicitly condemn glaring examples of Jew-hate in its ranks. Quite the contrary: House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi has given Omar a platform to express her medieval views of the Jewish People as the newest member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Opinions like Omar’s are also held by writers at the New York Times, defended in liberal Jewish publications, and professed by the online commentariat with regularity.

Where does it stop? I don’t think that it does. It’s the clear trend, what the vanguard demands, and what more and more liberal politicians will offer. It threatens to make America an uncomfortable place for Jews to live. It must be resisted.

(Excerpted from Mishpacha, Issue 745)