Regional Team Leader
CurrentJewish Americans are living in a state of siege. Nearly every Jewish institution in America now employs security. College campuses have become hostile territory for Jewish students. Jews have been murdered in Pittsburgh, San Diego and Jersey City, stabbed in Boston, beaten on the streets of Brooklyn, bullied and harassed in the universities, defamed by The New York Times and CNN, and now maligned in the US Congress.There are many irrational and hateful reasons for the growing hostility toward Jews in America. These are not within our control, but how we respond to the assault is up to the community and the effectiveness of our response depends mostly on Jewish leadership.The Jewish community cannot prevail against multiple and mounting assaults without strong leadership.