Power Line's Steven Hayward quotes the Financial Times (U.K.) on the political impact of the Hamas attack on American Jews. The original is behind a paywall.
For many American Jews, the slaughter in Israel has been devastating, frightening and all-consuming — an attack that some are likening to a modern replay of the pogroms a century ago in eastern Europe that brought their families to the US in the first place.
It is also a political moment in which an emerging hard left that is often anti-Israel — and often accused of antisemitism — has reared into full view, posing a test for a fragmented Democratic party that may ripple through the coming US presidential election.
Why is this important? For decades American Jews - a politically active group - have mostly voted, donated, and run for office as Democrats.
