Over 30 Jewish media outlets worldwide united this week to publish an open letter about the current situation in Israel and its impact on global Jewry as anti-Israel protests rage and antisemitic attacks continue to rise.
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Initiated by The Jewish News in London, the project was supported by over 30 outlets in seven countries.
Quoting the former British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who "astutely likened antisemitism to a constantly evolving virus", the authors noted how Jew-hatred is "a deeply ingrained malignancy, perpetually lingering beneath the surface of society."
They noted that "some of those who propagate hatred, concealing their prejudice under the veneer of being 'anti-Israel', no longer find it necessary to obscure their malice. We're witnessing raw hatred against Jews in cities across the globe… And yet, what we've seen so far isn't even our worst fear. Our gravest concerns lie in what the future might hold."
The letter questioned the response from the wider world, "Why are so many good people still silent when cheerleaders for terrorists decide the worse massacre of our co-religionists since the Holocaust is a good moment to open up a second, global front targeting Jews on campus, at work and at home?"
"Clearly not everyone marching under the Palestinian flag fantasizes about our deaths or the destruction of the world's only Jewish state… please try to understand that whether it's one person, 100 people or 10,000, the chilling impact of seeing so many people echo and excuse hateful chants is profound."
Yet, despite these very real challenges and "the level of fear among our readers [being] like nothing in living memory."
"Please don't, however, mistake this growing fear for a lack of determination to fight our corner as citizens deserving of support and protection in our home nations, or doubt our solidarity as a people numbering just 16 million. In fact, we've never been so determined, so energized, so united and so proud… The unity has been a light in the darkness," the letter said, concluding, "we… call on the world to listen and treat us as you would want to be treated. It shouldn't be too much to ask."
