What will it take? What needs to happen before Jews finally take full measure of the meteoric rise in antisemitism around the world—and start taking it personally? How close to home must it hit?

The special exemption to murder, threaten, malign and marginalize Jews, which has permeated all aspects of Western culture, took yet another ominous turn last week, revealing just how engrained and casual Jew-hatred has become—as if we needed any reminders.

Movie audiences everywhere await the premier of Christopher Nolan’s star-studded summer blockbuster, “The Odyssey,” featuring Matt Damon. Meanwhile, another movie, “Citizen Vigilante,” helmed by a largely unknown German director and starring Armie Hammer, who suffered the cancellation consequences of #MeToo, failed to get a commercial release.

What a July 4th weekend in NYC!