Thread by @JewhadiTM

No More Slogans

The #NoFear campaign suffers from at least two obvious flaws: Its message is inane, and its leadership is unserious. tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

“Since the 2018 election and the rise of the squad, antisemitic rhetoric disguised as “criticism of Israel” has become increasingly mainstream among Democrats and key elements of their base.

With the concomitant rise of racialist identity politics as a Democratic platform, attacks on Jews as inherently “privileged” and irrefutably “racist” went mainstream. It was inevitable that this toxic nonsense would contaminate the American Jewish leadership class itself.

When the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations sought to adopt the IHRA definition, it faced pushback from among its own members.

Let that sink in: There are well-established major Jewish organizations promoting @jeremycorbyn’s diluted definition of antisemitism

Rather than adopt the unabridged IHRA definition, the No Fear coalition instead offered its own “Statement of Inclusion”:

“We stand against all hatred. We know that we cannot truly defeat antisemitism if we allow other forms of hatred within our midst …

This coalition will not tolerate expressions of racism, Islamophobia, misogyny, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia or any other hate … Our tent is big, but those who espouse hate must stand outside it.”

Addressing antisemitism by subsuming it in the even distribution of other unrelated bigotries shows just how cringingly fearful Jewish leadership has become.

Perhaps a coalition of Jewish leaders genuinely committed to fighting antisemitism would have drawn an even smaller crowd than the one on July 11. But we doubt it.

Strength and principle are precisely what’s missing; authentic Jewishness is glaringly absent.

Such a coalition can no longer come from the biggest brand names in organizational Jewry. They have debased themselves, disrespected their supporters, and degraded their missions for too long.”