‘Globalize the Intifada’? Gen Z Meets War

null Nov. 27, 2023 11:16 am ETSharon Knafel chants alongside friends during a rally held in support of Israel at the University of California, Berkeley, Oct. 27. Photo: Jessica Christian/Associated PressWalter Russell Mead is correct: “Gaza is Gen Z’s First Real War” (Global View, Nov. 21). It is also the Gen Z Jew’s first real war. It has become impossible to ignore the anti-Semitism oozing from each campus and the public square—nor do I want to. Chants of “globalize the intifada” serve as a reminder that anti-Semitism isn’t a relic of my grandparents’ past but an ever-present danger I no longer have the luxury of denying.Oct. 7 and the near-immediate condemnations of Israel and the Jewish people that followed have awakened the silent, complacent and sheltered Gen Z Jew. Our complacency has been transformed into a compulsion—to act, scream and protect our future.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Sponsored OffersTurboTax: Sa

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‘Globalize the Intifada’? Gen Z Meets War

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Nov. 27, 2023 11:16 am ET

Sharon Knafel chants alongside friends during a rally held in support of Israel at the University of California, Berkeley, Oct. 27. Photo: Jessica Christian/Associated Press

Walter Russell Mead is correct: “Gaza is Gen Z’s First Real War” (Global View, Nov. 21). It is also the Gen Z Jew’s first real war. It has become impossible to ignore the anti-Semitism oozing from each campus and the public square—nor do I want to. Chants of “globalize the intifada” serve as a reminder that anti-Semitism isn’t a relic of my grandparents’ past but an ever-present danger I no longer have the luxury of denying.

Oct. 7 and the near-immediate condemnations of Israel and the Jewish people that followed have awakened the silent, complacent and sheltered Gen Z Jew. Our complacency has been transformed into a compulsion—to act, scream and protect our future.