In recent months, antisemitism has moved from lurking in the shadows to being alarmingly out in the open. According to the ADL, over 10,000 antisemitic incidents were reported in the U.S. in the year following October 7.

What drives this phenomenon? Is it a product of the right or the left? While Israel has numerous friends in the United States, antisemitism exists across the political spectrum.

What do we make of this paradox? How do we understand antisemitism when it comes to us from opposite directions? The Torah teaches us how to understand the great spectacles of Jewish history…including antisemitism.