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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Seth Leibsohn: In Response to Resurgent Antisemitism
Description: With all the resurgent antisemitism breathing its odious stench on usâin precincts both left and rightâwe do well to remember how un-American and anti-American it all is. George WashingtonâAmericaâs indispensable man, first in the hearts of his countrymen as children used to be taughtâput this to rest long ago. In his letter to a Jewish synagogue in Rhode Island, he wrote that this is a country that âgives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.â It was the first time a civil political leader ever addressed the Jews as his equals. That is no sma...