Signs Of Hope

Watching the disgusting outbursts of anti-Semitism on our college campuses lately has been deeply disturbing. Even worse has been the cowardice of too many university presidents and the silence from the president of the United States.

Yet as the sun rose this morning, there were signs of bravery and courage reasserting themselves. (Here and here.) But the biggest sign of American renewal was at UCLA, where Jewish students have been verbally accosted and physically assaulted.

When Passover ended last night, Jewish students and volunteers from the surrounding community decided to take matters into their own hands. Pitched battles between American Jews and their allies -- God bless them! -- against radical Islamists and far-left agitators swept the campus for hours last night.

I can already hear some people saying, “Violence is always bad.” Well, it’s not bad if innocent people are being hurt and nobody does anything to stop it. That’s exactly the time when we need righteous anger!

We cheer the guy on the subway who stops a thug from terrorizing other passengers.

We applaud the good Samaritan who defends an innocent woman from an attacker.

We should praise the people who went onto UCLA’s campus last night and declared, “Not in America! You don’t get to intimidate Jews and raise the flags of our enemies here!”