Jewish voters feel ‘politically homeless’ as antisemitism rises on both sides

As antisemitic violence surges across the United States, from attempted synagogue attacks to killings in major cities, a growing number of Jewish Americans say they feel politically homeless, caught between parties they no longer trust to protect them.

That sense of unease has been sharpened by a string of violent incidents, including last week’s attempted attack in West Bloomfield, Michigan, where a man drove his vehicle into a synagogue that houses a preschool, armed with, authorities believe, the intent to carry out a mass-casualty attack targeting children before security personnel stopped him just in time.

“We are at the highest threat level in the history of the Jewish community,” said Eric Fingerhut, president of the Jewish Federations of North America, in an interview with the Washington Examiner.

Fingerhut said his organization had warned federal officials just a day before the Michigan attack that the risk of violence was escalating, describing