(Jewish Group) How The Jewish Left Learned To Stop Playing Defense And Fight Anti-Semitism

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It is no surprise that the British Labour party would ask an anti-Zionist to help fight anti-Semitism. Labor’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has long supported the Palestinian cause, and facing a long-running scandal over Jew hatred in Labor, it is natural that the British Left would turn to the Jewish Left. Indeed, Corbyn has long been friendly with Jewdas, the irreverent, non-Zionist left-wing group whose member, Annie Cohen, led an “interactive workshop” to “raise awareness of anti-Semitism” to a branch of Labor.

How The Right And The Left Share A Double Standard About Anti-Semitism
Ari Ne’eman March 29, 2018

Rather, the surprise is that the Jewish Left is now in the business of offering anti-Semitism workshops.

For many years, the Left has responded to allegations of anti-Semitism defensively. The Left traditionally argues that claims of anti-Semitism are used cynically to delegitimize criticisms of the Israeli government.

I would know: I have made this argument many times.

Ours was a reactive analysis of anti-Semitism, which ceded the term to the Right and then frantically played defense, trying to stave off Leon Wieseltier’s or Abe Foxman’s assaults on this or that progressive figure.

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1. Excellent post. There should be no anti-Semitism or other bigotry among progressives.

One can be anti-Netanyahoo or anti-Likud - but they don't represent the Jewish people any more than Cheeto represents Americans.

Indeed, they only sully their own peoples' good name.