The clock may have finally run out on the Palestinians. The risk they took was playing Russian roulette with time; they were never in a hurry to build a state, and were far more interested in destroying the Jewish one next door.

If you’re searching for a consistent rhyme or reason behind anti-Semitism in the year 2020 — good luck. The breadth of violent incidents has been notably conspicuous. At the same time, Jews in popular culture have, arguably, never been this widely appreciated. Go figure.

With a presidential election looming during these fast times when fevers and emotions run high, there is one urgent national crisis that may not be remedied by voting or a vaccine. And it bears directly on the foundational principles of what once united these states of America.