Rats. 

In 2018, 46-year-old Robert Bowers walked into the L’Simcha Congregation synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during Shabbat services on Saturday morning. Two other Jewish congregations also rent space to worship there, Dor Hadash, a reconstructionist congregation and New Light, a conservative congregation. 

On Oct. 4, 2025, the Times Of Israel published an article revealing an in-depth examination of the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s efforts to engage on what PM Benjamin Netanyahu called the “Eighth Front” of the war in Gaza—“the battle of narratives and public opinion around the world.”The article detailed a significant ad spend totaling $4.1 million, primarily targeting evangelical Christian church-goers in California, Arizona, Nevada and right here in Colorado via a “geofencing” campaign. The focus of the campaign is reportedly to bolster Israel’s image, combat antisemitism, and shape Israel’s narrative around public perception of the war in Gaza, Palestinian statehood, and Israel’s religious importance to Christians. 

He was loud, very publicly visible, opinionated, and reviled among legions of Americans who still managed to find time to listen to his firebrand approach. His willingness to take on all comers in public debate made him a unique voice that capitalized on the American addiction to conflict. 

“Free Palestine!”

I took most of this summer off from these margins. 

The cold-blooded murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim—and the obviously premeditated, horrific arson attack of Jews in Boulder yesterday—represent a rubicon in the relentless march of Jew-hatred enveloping the globe. 

To say Jew-hatred has skyrocketed over the last decade would be an understatement.