Israel's standing among political progressives continues to slump - a trend increasingly evident in research survey results and across college campuses. But the lone liberal democracy in the Middle East has a strong case to be made to progressives. We just need to do it.
When Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last week dropped charges against most of the protesters who seized Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on April 30, the announcement left New York’s Jewish community bewildered and angry. The Columbia protests, rife with anti-Israel sentiments, exacerbated feelings of insecurity and vulnerability among Jewish students and faculty at Columbia and beyond, leaving deep scars.