(Jewish Group) The Far Right Is Antisemitic -- and So Is the Radical Left

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(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

I’m sitting in Charlottesville, Virginia — the city where the ugly “Unite the Right” rally took place two years ago that gripped the nation. The sun is radiant and the houses are pretty, but I can’t deny the choked up memories of weapons, white supremacy and violence. It’s my first time here — my dad used to tell me that Jews don’t go to the South. However, I have also spent the past six months witnessing a form of antisemitism on the left: Ilhan Omar, the BDS movement, and the comparison of Jews to Nazis. Internal dissent to these ideas is rarely, if ever, welcomed in leftist spaces — including college institutions on the West Coast.

In college, I experienced Jewish paranoia for the first time — because we seem besieged on all sides.

Donald Trump often uses Israel as a shield to defend his racism. Yet Democrats fail to condemn antisemitism at home; most Jewish voters are already estranged from the party. In fact, we’ve never really had a home; why did we expect our political and academic institutions to provide one?

The right will most definitely not fight for us, but neither will the left. I’m a progressive, and I’m disappointed with the state of affairs in the Democratic Party. My identity is being politicized, and never for the right reasons.

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The Algemeiner is a right-center when it comes to editorials, but usually publishes fairly good articles which are neutral (though, not always). So, I was shocked when I saw a left-leaning op-ed! Of course, the comment section, which I usually avoid, is filled with right-wing comments, but the sad thing is, well...I guess we shall see.

[nycbos]

1. Thank you for talking about left wing antisemitism.

Just look at the Labour Party in the UK.

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2. I am getting ready to post something about that in a sec.

It's an interesting read.