First things first. During the last week I heard from a few of you asking whether I would condemn a demonstration that occurred Sunday in Philadelphia in which bike riders aggrieved by Israel’s war conduct in Gaza protested a half-dozen Jewish-owned dining places. I do condemn it, strongly — and I say that as someone who’s been a fierce critic of war crimes committed under the extreme right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu. I applaud those who went to New York this summer to protest him, but harassing businesses explicitly because of their Judaism — and a handful of donations to...