Commentary More than 75 years after the defeat of Nazism and the liberation of Auschwitz, anti-Semitism is on the rise. Tragically, Jews are vilified, demonized, and physically attacked in many places around the world, including the United States. In 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jewish Americans, who make up 1.75 percent of the U.S. population, were targeted for more hate crimes than Asians, Muslims, and others combined. Furthermore, the New York City Police Department’s year-to-date hate crime statistics for 2021 have shown a continuation of this trend in New York City, which has the largest Jewish population in the world outside of Israel. From Jan. 1, 2021–Oct. 31, 2021, there were 164 incidents of hate crimes targeting Jewish Americans in New York City, a 53 percent increase from the same reporting period in 2020. However, anti-Semitism is not restricted to New York City. On Oct. 31, Congregation …