A few weeks ago, riding the subway in New York City, I spotted a woman reading a book titled, “The Courage to Be Disliked.” I reached for my gold hostage-tag necklace and found myself repeating: “the courage to be disliked.” Then I tried a different variation: “the courage to be despised.” In recent years, Jews across the West (especially those visibly connected to Israel) have felt a rising tide of hostility. Legal protections remain in place, and allies have not entirely disappeared. But the climate has shifted — and we need to prepare. Not just politically or strategically, but emotionally and spiritually. We must find the courage to accept that we may be disliked, even despised, for our Jewish commitments. Not by strangers in distant corners of the world, but in the very spaces that once felt like home.