“Be careful,” my elderly aunt admonished me before I left New York City 22 years ago to visit a number of Christian colleges across the country for research on a book I was writing. She and others in my Jewish extended family were genuinely worried about my physical safety, with one even muttering something about lynching. They warned me about antisemitism and cautioned me to watch my back. I thought their words were silly even before I visited these schools — which included those affiliated with evangelicals, Catholics and Latter-day Saints — but afterward I found their ideas downright preposterous.
The truth is that Jews have no greater friends in this country, and in this world, than faithful Christians, and I can only hope that somewhere in the aftermath of the horror we are witnessing in Israel, my friends and relatives will reckon with this truth. .......Atheists...... are more likely to express a favorable view of the Palestinian government (39%) than of the Israeli government (20%). ..............In recent years my Jewish friends have been more inclined to populate their lawns and Facebook pages with “Black Lives Matter” signs, despite the virulent antisemitism and anti-Zionism the leaders of these groups have spewed. ”................To Read More..........
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