WHO YOU HEAR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FBI:

When a Florida synagogue canceled its "Beach Shabbat" services amid threats against one of its board members, the judge who signed the warrant authorizing an FBI search of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, it felt to some like a pivotal moment in the history of American antisemitism.

"The combination of a synagogue in Florida having to cancel Shabbat due to antisemitic threats against the Jewish judge who signed the Trump warrant, combined with right-wing media figures pointing out that Merrick Garland is Jewish, is making me very uneasy as an American Jew," a doctoral student in American Jewish history named Joel Swanson wrote on Twitter. 

Many of the attacks on Judge Bruce Reinhardt have referenced his Jewish identity, from a viral tweet by retired baseball player Lenny Dykstra to chatter on pro-Trump message boards. So, too, has criticism of Merrick Garland, the U.S. attorney general who authorized the search as part of an ongoing investigation into whether Trump may have violated the Espionage Act. 

The torrent of antisemitic vitriol against them have raised concerns that Trump's base, which has already shown potential for violence, could channel that rhetoric into action.

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