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Antisemitism is exploding on the right but the Jewish establishment is focused on the left

Obsessed with Israel, the anti-antisemitism industry is failing to confront the threat of right-wing nationalism — and, in some cases, making it worse

But now, much of the Jewish establishment has concluded that harsh criticisms of Israel, and certainly anti-Zionist ones, are not wrongheaded political views but expressions of antisemitic bigotry. And that has warped organizational priorities and resource allocation decisions.

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There is no left-wing equivalent of the world Dreher describes, or the candidacy of James Fishback in Florida, or the popularity of Joe Rogan. And, love him or hate him, Mayor Zohran Mamdani repeatedly, vociferously condemns antisemitism even as he holds views on Israel that are well to the left of many American Jews.

Have they learned nothing from obvious, blatant & recent history?

Second, obviously, many of the leading donors to Jewish establishment organizations are either Republicans themselves, or so strongly supportive of the Netanyahu government that they would prefer to trade the American Jewish birthright for the porridge of Greater Israel. Yes, they might concede, right-wing antisemitism is a problem, but plenty of Republicans are against it and the benefits of aligning with the Trump regime — for Israel, for their conservative moral values, or for their own pocketbooks — outweigh the costs.

Typed this before I got to that last excerpted paragraph: In any group there will be money-grubbing glibertarian parasites who are opposed to anything to the left of Attila the Hun, so their perceived enemies include leftism & democracy. Hope everyone gets a history lesson, & soon.