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[Peter Savodnik @petersavodnik]

As a general matter, non-Jews don't see it. They listen to their Jewish friends, they nod along, they think to themselves, You sound hysterical -- where are the roving bands of Cossacks? (They may even say as much, but usually not. They don't want to offend.)

For the most part, the young, progressive Jews who speak the language of contemporary progressivism are unhelpful. They talk about "safety" and "trauma." All you have to do is watch five minutes of Fauda to know how out of touch they sound.

The progressive Jews are not exactly wrong, but they're also confused: They're not unsafe; they're excluded. Or, their inclusion is contingent; it comes with the demand that they denounce the Jewish state, that they demonstrate, repeatedly, that they find the whole idea and history and heritage behind it reprehensible. That Israel is irredeemable. That the only just solution to the "genocide" and "apartheid" is a Palestinian right of return -- the end of Jewish self-rule. They have to out-anti-Zionist the non-Jewish anti-Zionists.

In the back of their head, many (most?) know they're lying. They have family or friends in Tel Aviv. How many times have they heard "Israel" chanted in synagogue? What about the tallit their grandmother bought for them in Jerusalem? And why are they the only ones who have to distance themselves from the land of their people? Why don't we ask Chinese Americans to do the same? Or Russian Americans? Why is it only them?

This is the part that many non-Jews, including many thoughtful people, seem not to grasp. The double standard. The double standard is the antisemitism.

The non-Jews kind of see it, and then they say, "Right, but look what they've done to Gaza," which means: "The haters aren't that wrong to hate you."

They rarely, if ever, delve deeply into the accusations lodged against the Jewish state; they assume the very worst charges are more or less correct. (Why wouldn't they? Who benefits these days from saying, over drinks or dinner or at the kids' soccer game, "I suspect your news diet is rather slanted.") Nor do they think much, if at all, about the meaning of the double standard -- the ghettoization of Jewish life, experience, anger, dislocation. They do not see that we are slipping back, gradually or not so gradually, into the world of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers -- the world of gentleman's agreements and exclusive country clubs and Yale chins. The world before the meritocracy.

Their blindness is hard to stomach. Obama campaigning for El-Sayed. The online gushing about the "bluenami." The posters looking forward to the lawfare, the investigations. I, too, look forward to the investigations; I want to see the corruption brought to an end, and I want the wrongdoers brought to justice. It's a very good thing that Americans were repulsed by the apparent crimes and excesses of the Trump Administration, and it's a very good thing that the midterms reflected as much. But still, I wonder: Why the blind enthusiasm? Why can't they see that, to so many Jews, their blindness means apathy. It means: "I care deeply about every microaggression under the sun except the hurt people hurt people guy, the guy who tried to rationalize the attempted slaughter of Jewish children."

That's the thing that bothers me most.

They seem unaware of the fear behind the fear: the potential for violence. They seem unfazed by what comes next. This is what I wonder about constantly -- when I'm making dinner for my children or late at night: What comes next? Is the marginalization a preamble to something else? It doesn't just end with this, does it? It gets worse, I imagine. It always gets worse.

[LA Kings @LAKings]

Our hearts are with the Calder family and loved ones over Kyle’s passing. An accomplished player and consummate teammate, Kyle was a steward for Southern California youth hockey players and his loss is being felt throughout our local community.

[Ryan S. Clark @ryan_s_clark]

Brandon Bussi, Jalen Chatfield, Dylan Coghlan & Cole Smith are among those NHL players who went undrafted.

But the thing is there are nearly as many undrafted players in the NHL as there are second-rounders.

And it’s only going to keep growing. https://t.co/y9PewAheT0

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@pwilliamsAHL @CcCMiddleton Sorry to hear Patrick.

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@beatmastermatt @tmorello Same with Zionism.

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@sam_of_legend @JorskiLabelle @consequence Those kids were born there. Are you dumb?

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@bsw5020 Brian you look awesome man

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@imaraindancer Elaine, You're in hockey and they're not. You're in the press box and they're not.

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@Emanjaved01 @JMerockdim @grahamformaine @ewarren The tattoo, it’s a Nazi tattoo. How do you not understand this?

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@mattheweadie22 Matt any idea how much aipac gives relative to other lobbying groups, where do they rank. Do you know or are you going to do lazy work?

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@mmpadellan Who are you to criticize how Jewish resettled refugees defend themselves against those with a literal charter to kill off a minority religious group. How does this make any sense?

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@lebanesesami What happened to the Jewish Lebanese people who lived there for hundreds of years?

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@GeneralMCNews You pathetic losers come out with a fake list every couple of weeks to congratulate each other for being racist losers.

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@wavruby @untamedkadeesa Question when does an Israeli born citizen take accountability for what you claim they did? At birth, 10, 20?

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@PeteGuelli Pete you know that you dont play on the team right?

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@RyLiberty @Indiawaltonbflo says that you follow this guy. Embarrassing for Buffalo.

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@maburach @TheChelBoys @jmarshfof There ya go. Slides only for the kids!

[Eric @EJWHockey]

@tribecalledrags This guy hates the Jewish people have chosen to defend one another time time.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

What kind of political movement would even *want* to harass worshippers and schoolchildren on their way in and out? It was only 14 days ago that a Hezbollah gunman tried to commit a mass casualty attack on a Michigan synagogue and daycare center.