Vice President Kamala Harris raised eyebrows this week when she selected Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to serve as her running mate rather than Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro.

A new report states that by passing over Shapiro, Harris may have lost support among some in America's Jewish community. 

Concerns that Harris won't "stand up" to antisemites

Steven Zeitchik is the senior awards editor for The Hollywood Reporter, and he made that case in an op-ed piece published on Tuesday.

Zeitchik began by recalling a recent conversation he had with a female Jewish doctor who said she was left feeling "very sad" that Harris did not pick Shapiro.

"I didn't say she [Kamala] was antisemitic," the woman explained before adding, "I said that she could not stand up to those who are."

Zeitchik also noted how the woman has a daughter who attends a "hotbed" college that had seen anti-Israel protests break out since the horrifying attack by Hamas this past October.

These folks—one displaying a Nazi swastika—met in Times Square, in the heart of New York, to celebrate:

Murder of 100s
Hostage-taking of 100s
Rape
Beheading
Caging of kidnapped children
Barbarism
Bestiality
Genocide

Why? Because the victims were Israelis.

They mustn’t… pic.twitter.com/sNUAuy2VQv

— David Harris (@DavidHarrisNY) October 9, 2023

Even some Jewish Democrats are uneasy

While she had previously "been teetering on the cliff's edge" edge over whether to get behind former President Donald Trump, Harris' recent move had "pushed her over that edge."

Despite describing herself as a political "moderate," the physician concluded that Trump is "a better choice on antisemitism for her family."

Meanwhile, even some who continue to support Harris are left uneasy, with one Jewish movie producer telling Zeitchik, "Of course I’ll stay on the train — Walz seems like a good dude. I just keep asking why it isn't a Shapiro train."

"And so here liberal Jews again find ourselves, hopelessly marooned between a belief that Democratic policies are fundamentally better for our interests and yet worried we are not welcome in our own home," Zeitchik wrote as he drew to a close.

Poll shows Trump among likely Jewish voters in New York

The editor concluded by saying that many Jewish Democrats are "feeling a gentle nudge that perhaps we might find ourselves more comfortable in another place but unsure, in the end, of where else to go."

Interestingly, a Siena Research Institute poll carried before Harris selected Walz showed her trailing Trump by one point among likely Jewish voters in New York.

While the former president has little chance of flipping New York, his apparently growing support could prove decisive in neighboring Pennsylvania, a swing state that is home to a sizable Jewish community.