This week, the line between political protest and antisemitic harassment was erased in cities across the globe. In New York, a Holocaust survivor rabbi was forced to witness a mob chanting for “globalised intifada” at the doors of his synagogue. In Washington DC, activists staged a grotesque blood libel display at Union Station, listing “Gaza children’s limbs” on a menu for passersby. Meanwhile, an Australian court ruled that torching a synagogue with worshippers inside was not a hate crime, and British police were caught fabricating intelligence to ban Israeli football fans.

Yet, amidst this darkness, the light of resilience persists. Five months after Iranian missiles destroyed their labs and decades of work, scientists at the Weizmann Institute have announced a revolutionary cancer treatment, proving that the drive to preserve life is stronger than the forces seeking to destroy it. As synagogues are targeted and institutions fail in their duty of care, the Jewish community remains defined not by the hate it faces, but by its refusal to be broken.