The anti-Semitic protesters on hundreds of U.S. campuses spring from the same diseased root as the Hitler Youth. Let me explain.

Adolf Hitler organized and radicalized German youth, indoctrinating them in Nazi ideology from elementary school to college. Today, American children at every level are being indoctrinated in the leftist ideologies of critical race theory (CRT), so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), and gender theory.

Don’t forget what the word Nazi means. It’s an acronym for “National Socialism.” So, German Nazis were socialists, which is also the prevailing philosophy of these anti-Semitic demonstrators and the faculty of virtually every American university.

Hitler’s youth and today’s campus protesters also share an all-consuming hatred of Jews. The belief that Jews were evil was hammered into the mind of every young German.

CRT and DEI are doing the same thing to young Americans today. Both teach that Judeo-Christian Civilization is systemically racist and evil.   They view America and Israel as “imperialist, colonist, oppressive” powers that have occupied stolen land from the native populations and then engaged in genocide of those populations. They see American and Israeli Jews as “white adjacent” Europeans and the Palestinians as “oppressed victims.”

CRT and DEI have a very distinct racialist view, just as Hitler had very distinct views of good and bad races. It is a disgusting philosophy antithetical to Judeo-Christian teaching.

We are not seeing followers of Martin Luther King, Jr., on today’s college campuses. King taught us not to judge people based on skin color but on their character. But today’s so-called “progressive” left looks at everything through a racial lens.

They have decided that Jews are “oppressors,” and so to be a good “prog” (progressive), you must oppose Israel and the Jews. This is why we increasingly see Jewish groups being excluded from left-wing events like the Women’s March and gay pride marches, and it’s why some radical environmentalists refuse to work with Jews.

The Hitler Youth boycotted Jewish businesses. Their campus reincarnations are demanding a boycott of the only Jewish nation in the world, and they are boycotting Jewish businesses here in America.

Of course, many of these university demonstrators are Islamists, but that’s not surprising. Hitler had admirers and allies all over the Islamic Middle East. The Grand Mufti of Arab Jerusalem was a big fan of Hitler and helped recruit Muslim volunteers for the dreaded SS.

I could go on, but here’s the bottom line: An ancient hatred and great evil is rising in America today. The time when Christians can sit comfortably in our churches is over. We must confront this evil. We must stand with Israel.