It is hard to remember how long there has been an almost constant police presence outside New York’s synagogues and Jewish institutions. Possibly the protection of the city’s synagogues began about the time of the massacre of Jewish athletes at the Munich Olympics, which was 44 years ago.
After that, acts of terror by Palestinian groups continued for years—bombings, airline hijackings. In Israel, of course, it never stopped.
That no American church got bombed this Christmas is fortunate. On Christmases past, Islamic terrorists have blown up Christian worshipers at Coptic churches in Egypt or in Nigeria and Iraq.
For many Americans, the listing by ISIS of the addresses of their churches posits a new reality: This is what it means to live as a target.
What are we going to do about it? Wrap ourselves in two protective oceans?
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