Venus Alexandres

A warning about what happens when societies forget the realities of totalitarian ideologies. Drawing on history, education, and Jewish moral tradition, this essay examines how antizionism and ideological ignorance are reshaping democratic societies and why the next generation will determine whether the free world remembers or repeats its past.

Jewish communities are facing the fastest-growing wave of anti-Jewish hostility in decades, yet our legal tools keep failing. The reason is simple but uncomfortable: today’s hatred is driven not by antisemitism alone, but by antizionism—a movement culturally legitimized, legally unregulated, and now weaponized against Jews worldwide. Until we name and confront this shift, Jewish students and communities will remain unprotected.

This article traces how societies in crisis repeatedly turn to an abusive cycle of libels—blaming Jews to mask political, economic, and moral failures. From the Russian Empire and Soviet antizionism to Nazi propaganda and today’s Western antizionist narratives, the piece exposes how scapegoating becomes a political technology that fuels radicalization and deflects accountability.