party, mind you, since truman, hubert humphrey, a dear friend of the jewish community. but the jewish community in this country is feeling awfully uncomfortable now for many reasons as you can imagine based on just the litany of the attacks you referenced on your show. >> what you're saying is pretty serious. you're putting colleagues of yours in the hot seat, basically saying how come some progressive members are quick to criticize israel and slow to show concern about anti-semitism? i mean, those are serious accusations. have you gotten any response? >> sure. you can imagine the response i've gotten. a lot of it positive. i've gotten a lot of condemnation, which frankly validates my whole point. i want to refer to ritchie torres, a wonderful new member from congress, progressive, gay man for new york city who has a great fondness for israel because he recognizes it's the most progressive nation in the middle east. he knows only in israel can gay man not only survive but thrive.