Not in Christ's Name
An Open Letter to the Clergy and the Faithful on the Rise of "Christian" Antisemitism
Preface: The View from Over the Fence
I am 100% Jewish. I would never presume to lecture a Christian on the theology of Jesus. I do not take communion, nor do I have a vote in your synods.
However, I am a neighbor. And right now, I am watching a growing mob gather at the property line, wearing your jerseys, waving your flags, and screaming for my destruction—all in your name.
I am writing this not to debate scripture, but to ask a simple, urgent question of the Christian community—from the pulpit to the pew: Where is your voice?
From the Fringes to the Mainstream
We are witnessing a disturbing phenomenon. A new generation of radicalized young men is resurrecting the oldest and ugliest forms of antisemitism and wrapping them in the aesthetics of Christianity.
But this is no longer confined to anonymous trolls in the dark corners of the internet. It has moved to the main stage. When major influencers like Tucker Carlson platform Holocaust revisionists or nod along to antisemitic tropes under the guise of “just asking questions” or “Christian nationalism,” they are normalizing this poison for millions of self-proclaimed Christians.
They don’t just criticize Israeli policy (which is fair game); they resurrect the “Synagogue of Satan” rhetoric. They use the phrase “Christ is King” not as a declaration of faith, but as a bludgeon to silence and intimidate Jews. They claim that to be a “true” Christian is to view the Jewish people not as elder brothers in faith, but as enemies of God.
To an outsider, this looks like a hostile takeover of your brand. These “Groypers” and pundits are hijacking the Cross and turning it into a swastika. And from where I am standing, the silence from the Church is deafening.
The Bonhoeffer Moment
History rarely repeats, but it often rhymes. In the 1930s, the German church faced a similar crisis. A faction known as the “German Christians” sought to align the church with Nazi ideology, stripping the Bible of its Jewish roots and weaponizing theology against the Jews.
It was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor, who saw the danger. He understood that the church’s integrity was at stake. He didn’t just quietly disagree; he publicly organized the Confessing Church to draw a hard line against the nazification of the faith. He famously said, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
Bonhoeffer understood that a religion, like any culture, is defined by what it tolerates. If the main body does not reject the cancer, the cancer becomes the body.
Policing the Fringes
Every major religion faces the threat of parasitic radicalism—a fringe sect that tries to hijack the host faith for violent or hateful ends.
In America, you faced this with the Ku Klux Klan. They didn’t just preach racism; they burned Crosses and sang hymns. They claimed to be the “true” defenders of Protestant Christianity. It took a generation of courageous clergy and laypeople to reclaim the faith and declare that you cannot worship Christ and hate your neighbor.
The test of a religion’s health is not whether these radicals exist, but whether the immune system—the Body of Believers—identifies and rejects them.
Right now, the Christian immune system appears to be suppressed. Whether out of fear of losing young male congregants, a mistaken belief that “ignoring it makes it go away,” or a desire to avoid tension in the community, too many are letting this theological poison spread unchecked.
The Danger of the Vacuum
I understand the hesitation. You may feel that addressing these influencers gives them too much oxygen. You may feel that your specific flock or family is “nice” and doesn’t need to hear about this.
But you are missing the mechanics of the internet.
Young men are starving for meaning, strength, and tradition. If the only people offering them a “muscular,” assertive Christianity are the antisemites on Twitter/X, you will lose them. If the pulpit and the dinner table are silent on the sin of antisemitism, the algorithm will fill the void with the “gospel” of Nick Fuentes.
The Specific Ask
I am not asking you to be Zionists. I am not asking you to support the war in Gaza or to agree with Jewish theology.
I am asking you to be Christians.
I am asking you to restore the Moral Taboos of your own faith, the ones that shaped the Moral Taboos of America and much of the West. This requires a pincer movement: Top-Down Authority to set the standard, and Bottom-Up Enforcement to hold the line.
To the Pope (The Ultimate Authority): You are the steward of this global brand. While you have rightly expressed empathy for the suffering in Gaza, you must also draw a hard line against the “Catholic” influencers who use your iconography to spread blood libels. If the Vicar of Christ does not explicitly condemn this hijacking of the faith, the silence becomes permission.
To the Pastors (The Local Leaders): When was the last time you explicitly preached that hatred of the Jews is incompatible with the love of Christ? You set the tone for your specific flock. If you are silent, the “Groyper” theology wins by default.
To the Faithful (The Enforcers): A taboo only holds if the community enforces it. When you see a family member or a friend posting “Christ is King” as a slur, do not scroll past. When your teens or their friends parrot Groyper ideologies and antisemitic conspiracies, do not sit silently. It is your duty to say, “That is not what we believe. That is hateful, and it does not belong here.” The Clergy can preach the rule, but only you can police the norm in your living rooms and group chats.
This hate is a violation of a Moral Taboo. It is “Lawful but Awful.” The police cannot stop someone from saying “Jews are the Synagogue of Satan.” Only you can stop them, or at the very least, ensure they are not saying it in your name—or His.
If you fail to act, you aren’t just endangering my people. You are forfeiting the soul of your own church.
Not in our name, and not in His.
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