Last Sunday, thousands rallied in front of the US Capitol against rising anti-Semitism in solidarity with the Jewish people. In Queens, we have in the last few months witnessed violent acts of hate against Jewish people on our streets, synagogues defaced with swastikas, and candidates for local public office calling for the elimination of Israel while demonizing Jewish people for supporting the Jewish state. As Americans, this upsurge of anti-Semitism across the ideological and partisan divide should deeply trouble us all. It’s what led me to visit Germany to further educate myself about Holocaust history and this new anti-Semitism.