Brett Gelman

If you shout 'genocide' but kept silent about the October 7 massacre, you may hate Jews. If you call for a ceasefire but not for the release of hostages, you may be hating Jews. If you oppose Israel's right to defend itself but say nothing about Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and the ongoing rocket launches from Syria at Israel's civilian population, you may be hating Jews. If you spoke out against Israel's tragic bombing of a hospital in Gaza, but didn't back down as soon as you learned that it was actually done by Islamic Jihad, you may be hating Jews.

If you use inflammatory language against Israel, no matter how flawed its government, but use moderate, apologetic terminology toward Hamas, a terrorist organization that clearly states its intention to kill Jews, you may be hating Jews. If you chant "decolonization" but fail to condemn the call to "gas" at rallies, city streets and universities around the world, you may be hating Jews. If you are in pain over the tragic loss of Palestinian lives, like the rest of us, but you take no responsibility for spreading rhetoric similar to pre-Holocaust propaganda, you may be hating Jews.

We, the Jewish people, should have been given the space to mourn, and instead we should have used all our energy to defend not only our right to mourn but also our right to exist. And if you don't agree with that statement, you may be hating Jews.