The War Against the Jews Comes to Washington: Douglas Murray & Ruth Wisse Reflect on the DC Attack
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On the night of May 21, 2025, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were murdered in a brazen anti-Semitic terror attack in the heart of the nation's capital.
These two young staffers at the Israeli embassy—a soon-to-be-engaged couple—were gunned down by an attacker who shouted "Free, Free Palestine" after he opened fire. And yet it is incumbent on the Jewish community to remember that the explosion of anti-Israel sentiment we have witnessed these past 19 months is part of something much larger. It is but one front in what Professor Ruth Wisse has called an ideological "war against the Jews" waged by the enemies of the free world on multiple fronts—from the tunnels of Gaza to the halls of the U.N., from the digital public square to the streets of Washington, D.C.
To reflect on how this latest salvo in the war on Jewish civilization turned deadly on American soil, we were joined by writer and journalist Douglas Murray and Professor Wisse for a special Tikvah briefing.
In conversation with Jonathan Silver, Murray and Wisse discussed the causes and meaning of this act of political violence, and examined what we must do—as Jews and as American patriots—in response.
00:00 Opening Reflections on the Murder of Yaron and Sarah
03:26 Jews as a Minority by Choice
08:27 The Surge in False and Anti-Semitic Rhetoric
15:14 Anti-Semitism as Political Strategy
24:30 Is America in Decline?
34:44 Dual Loyalty or Double Loyalty?
42:50 The Failure of Holocaust Education
49:01 Violence as Politically Legitimate
51:05 Left or Right: Where Will the Threat to Jews Come From?
56:02 How to Respond to Anti-Zionists
1:01:47 Chanting vs. Thinking: A Culture Shift
1:04:27 What to Read and What to Remember
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The War Against the Jews Comes to Washington: Douglas Murray & Ruth Wisse Reflect on the DC Attack
Tikvah
73,028 views
On the night of May 21, 2025, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were murdered in a brazen anti-Semitic terror attack in the heart of the nation's capital.
These two young staffers at the Israeli embassy—a soon-to-be-engaged couple—were gunned down by an attacker who shouted "Free, Free Palestine" after he opened fire. And yet it is incumbent on the Jewish community to remember that the explosion of anti-Israel sentiment we have witnessed these past 19 months is part of something much larger. It is but one front in what Professor Ruth Wisse has called an ideological "war against the Jews" waged by the enemies of the free world on multiple fronts—from the tunnels of Gaza to the halls of the U.N., from the digital public square to the streets of Washington, D.C.
To reflect on how this latest salvo in the war on Jewish civilization turned deadly on American soil, we were joined by writer and journalist Douglas Murray and Professor Wisse for a special Tikvah briefing.
In conversation with Jonathan Silver, Murray and Wisse discussed the causes and meaning of this act of political violence, and examined what we must do—as Jews and as American patriots—in response.
00:00 Opening Reflections on the Murder of Yaron and Sarah
03:26 Jews as a Minority by Choice
08:27 The Surge in False and Anti-Semitic Rhetoric
15:14 Anti-Semitism as Political Strategy
24:30 Is America in Decline?
34:44 Dual Loyalty or Double Loyalty?
42:50 The Failure of Holocaust Education
49:01 Violence as Politically Legitimate
51:05 Left or Right: Where Will the Threat to Jews Come From?
56:02 How to Respond to Anti-Zionists
1:01:47 Chanting vs. Thinking: A Culture Shift
1:04:27 What to Read and What to Remember
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