When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, National Review responded with an immediate and unwavering defense of Israel. NR’s continuing fight against modern iterations of antisemitism on the political right and left should not be surprising. After all, it was our founder Bill Buckley who, in NR’s pages, famously decried anti-Jewish bigotry.

After October 7, Marxist ideologues on college campuses made clear their disdain for Western principles. Activists rallied in the streets for the destruction of the Jewish state. And recently, a pro-Palestinian activist allegedly murdered Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim on the streets of Washington, D.C., and a crazed terrorist threw Molotov cocktails at a pro-Israel group in Colorado. The intifada is by all accounts globalizing.

Which is why we felt it important to reiterate our magazine’s long-standing commitment to the Jewish state, its citizens, and its friends. As part of National Review Institute’s yearlong celebration to commemorate what would have been Buckley’s 100th birthday, NRI and the Tikvah Fund are hosting an event this week in New York to discuss the politics of antisemitism: its roots on both ends of the political spectrum and how Buckley’s legacy can inform the modern conservative movement.

Where the conservative movement should go from here — and how the conservative movement should, in Buckley’s footsteps, rid itself of antisemites — is a large question to tackle. Matt Continetti and Ruth Wisse (both of whom have written volumes on this topic) are just the people to tackle it. I’ll join them on a panel in New York City on Wednesday night to discuss.

If you’re in the area, please join us. You can register here.