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It is open season on Democratic supporters of Israel in Congress. Friends who have led the fight for a secure Israel and have been outspoken in denouncing anti-Semitism are being challenged all over the country. Many people have asked me how people like Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were ever elected to Congress in the first place and what we can do about it.

Since the murder of George Floyd, a black man in Minnesota who was suffocated to death by a white police officer, American cities have been subject to protests, riots, and looting by those who seek to use this tragic event to their own personal and political gain. This is being pushed along by the Democrats and the media, who are one entity at this point, in an attempt to gain an electoral edge.

In August 2019, the Queens District Attorney race was narrowly won by Melinda Katz, a center-left Democrat who was the Borough President at the time. Her victory in the Democratic Primary came after a recount, as Tiffany Cabán, the public defender with only a few years of experience, almost pulled off as shocking a victory as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez achieved the year before. That election became the push the Queens Jewish community needed to begin a registration drive.

Last week, the never-ending gaffe machine and presumptive Democratic candidate for president, Joe Biden, went beyond his usual verbal vomit and said something extremely racist. He has since put out an apology, which gives the liberal media the excuse to ignore the remark faster than they normally would. However, should the voter forgive and forget so quickly?

In a city of neighborhoods, the small park in the commercial center serves as a town square where people gather and rally around ideas. MacDonald Park fulfills this role in Forest Hills, as the site of a rally against anti-Semitism six months ago and this past Sunday for Black Lives Matter, the slogan and movement that emerged in the aftermath of highly publicized incidents of police violence against African American individuals.

In every crisis, opportunities are presented for introducing innovations. For voters in New York, the innovation arising from the coronavirus pandemic is an expanded criterion that would allow citizens to vote by mail. Through an executive order issued on April 9 by Governor Andrew Cuomo, the definition of a “temporary illness” includes “the potential for contraction of the COVID-19 virus.” This effectively makes everyone in the state eligible for an absentee ballot.