Ticoon-Ulam, it's a Hebrew phrase that embodies the idea that Jews bear responsibility

not only for their own moral, spiritual, and material welfare, but also for the welfare of society at large.

It's a phrase that was raised independently by both of my guests this week, two Jewish-Brenny

supporters who see that sense of social responsibility as

central to Bernie's appeal.

Bernie Sanders would be America's first Jewish president.

No small accomplishment at a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise.

The Anti-Defamation League reported that 2017 was the worst year it had ever monitored, with nearly 2,000 instances

of violence, threats, vandalism, and other expressions of anti-Semitic hate.

And who can forget the so-called Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, which gathered

hundreds of white supremacist

in neo-Nazis who marched with teaky torches while chanting,

Jews will not replace us.

Jews will not replace us.

Jews will not replace us.

Jews will not replace us.

The trend continued over the next two years, with waves of attacks, anti-Semitic robocalls, harassment, and vandalism against synagogues and Jewish cemeteries.

2018 also saw the single deadliest attack against a Jewish

community in US history when a gunman killed 11 people and wounded 6 at the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.

The gunman had been active in far right communities online,

echoing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories along with anti-immigrant sentiment.

And just a few weeks ago, a man armed with a knife burst into the home of a New York

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