American Jews need to reconsider their allegiance to the left.
For many years Jews of principle have supported leftist causes in the belief that social justice would lead to an utopian world. (Many Jews with lesser scruples also supported those causes, but that is another issue).
But the reactions of many leftists has shocked and frightened American Jews.
They have discovered that their political cohorts don't really like them.
And 90 years of leftist activism didn't buy any gratitude.
(As an aside, American Jews ought to read "Jud Süß" by Leon Feuchtwanger (the book, not the movie) - it describes the fate of a "court Jew" who sought assimilation.)
It will be interesting to see if American politics are affected or whether American Jews will "reinforce defeat".
That Faulkner quote has been popping up a lot these says. Sadly.
American Jews need to reconsider their allegiance to the left.
For many years Jews of principle have supported leftist causes in the belief that social justice would lead to an utopian world. (Many Jews with lesser scruples also supported those causes, but that is another issue).
But the reactions of many leftists has shocked and frightened American Jews.
They have discovered that their political cohorts don't really like them.
And 90 years of leftist activism didn't buy any gratitude.
(As an aside, American Jews ought to read "Jud Süß" by Leon Feuchtwanger (the book, not the movie) - it describes the fate of a "court Jew" who sought assimilation.)
It will be interesting to see if American politics are affected or whether American Jews will "reinforce defeat".
That will be interesting indeed. Will there be second thought, as there were among some members of the Sixties New Left? We shall see.
Sadly, most of the New Left didn't have second thoughts.