The Issue: Two Israeli embassy staffers who were shot and killed in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.
There’s no question that America’s Jews are experiencing an unprecedented level of rampant antisemitism (“Home grown terror,” May 23).
Attacks in Charlottesville (2017), Pittsburgh (2018), Poway (2019), Jersey City (2019) and Colleyville, Texas (2022) all occurred before Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis in October 2023, igniting anti-Israel protests across America.
The recent murders of Israeli embassy staffers reminded me of Mel Brooks’ take on the Inquisition: Antisemitism is here, and it’s here to stay.
I cannot enter a synagogue, Jewish school or Jewish community center without being greeted by armed guards.
It’s irrelevant whether a Jew supports Israel, believes that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza and/or Palestine or doesn’t even have an opinion. Every Jew is now fair game.
Paul L. Newman
Merion Station, Pa.
Elias Rodriguez has gained instant notoriety, if not outright stardom, in his killing of two Israeli embassy staffers.
He has now become the poster child of antisemites and those seeking Israel’s outright destruction worldwide.
Raised fists and celebrations are sure to follow, not only among Hamas and its followers but among right- and left-wing extremists both off and on campus within our own beloved country.
History continues to repeat itself. And for those who think otherwise, Elias Rodriguez and his ilk will set you straight.
S.P. Hersh
Lawrence
Much will be written and said in the weeks ahead about Rodriguez and his hate for the Jewish people and America.
In America, he is innocent until proven guilty. But I believe he should be dealt with on a federal level, and if convicted, be sentenced to death.
There is no difference between him and Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for the death of 168 men and women who perished in a violent explosion that McVeigh made and planted. It, too, was deliberate and premeditated.
America must defend itself against these anarchists.
Patrick Abbruzzi
Staten Island
What is going on in America? I see a lovely young Jewish couple gunned down in DC, just because they are Jews. I see deranged hoodlums ruining the Columbia graduation ceremonies and burning their diplomas. I see constant attacks on Jews all over the country. I am starting to feel like I am living in 1933 Germany, rather than 2025 America.
Even if the despicable thug who shot the pair is given the death penalty, and even if the misguided jerks who destroyed their diplomas are never hired by anyone, the damage has been done.
The only thing I can hope for is that President Trump properly deals with these ugly situations.
Warren Goldfein
Mount Arlington, NJ
Three innocent individuals have now been murdered by two miscreants who thought they were killing for a cause.
How much more disillusioned can Luigi Mangione and Elias Rodriguez be? They both believed they did something that needed to be done.
The murders won’t change anything. But what is going to change is Mangione and Rodruqez’s views on maximum security prisons, where they should spend the rest of their lives.
Donald Riccio
Manchester, Conn.
If anyone doubts the barbaric nature of antisemitism, he need look no further than the slaughter of two innocent people in Washington, DC, both devoted to making better relationships between Israelis and the rest of the Middle East.
The deranged American murderer, fueled by the incessant drumbeat of hate spewed by students on campuses as well as leftist members of Congress, snuffed out the lives of two beautiful young people.
Yaron and Sarah should not have died at the hands of a terrorist.
Antisemitism has been around for centuries. When will we find the resolve to finally put an end to this hateful persecution, at least in America?
Anthony Bruno
Smithtown
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