Weltnachrichten – AU – All eyes will turn to the Jews

In the past week, two anti-Semitic incidents caught the attention of the Jewish media in the US. General reported that in New Jersey, « the carcass of a dead pig was left on the doorstep of a rabbi in Lakewood City, » and Tablet Magazine published a fascinating story about a closed Facebook group of liberal women who ID anyone who expresses themselves any assistance or understanding for Israel. Tablet quoted a Korean-American Jewish woman named Skylar Cutler as saying, “What I saw and experienced in this group was hatred of Jews wrapped in a veil of social justice. I had to speak. ”

The vast majority of American Jews were delighted that Biden was named the 2020 presidential election winner, and I have no doubt that they can’t wait for him to take office. I also think it will be good for them, but for a different reason: they will have a very sobering experience. With Biden as president, you won’t be able to blame anyone. After all, they chose him themselves and did everything they could to get him to vote. But the anti-Semitism that will come from the left, from the liberals and progressives, will show them very clearly that anti-Semitism has nothing to do with the identity of the president.

The majority of American Jews advocate liberal and progressive values. When anti-Semitism hits them, as it did on this Facebook group, they will understand that they are not hated for supporting Israel or for being white and privileged, but for being Jewish. As this Korean-American Jew said, it is “hatred of Jews that is wrapped in the veil of social justice. « When it comes to Jews, the views of ‘progressives’ are not progressive, and American Judaism is in the process of realizing this if it has not already done so.

When the final result of the election is announced, both sides will turn their wrath on the Jews. Liberals and progressives already harbor deep anti-Jewish sentiments, and conservatives who are not naturally anti-Jewish were given far too many reasons in this campaign to conclude that all of their problems stem from the Jews.

Right now in America, left and right cannot unite. But if both sides believe that all of their problems come from the Jews, they will find the common reasons they need. Just as we have seen fascists and Muslims demonstrate together against Israel in Europe, we shall see liberals and progressives, white supremacists and black Americans find a new unity in their hatred of the Jews.

If American Jews find that all of this is eerily similar to what Europe was less than a century ago, it may be too late.

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