A Dangerous Perch: Why Jewish Fear Can Be Heard As ‘White Fear’
January 4, 2026
It is a mistake to focus exclusively on antisemitism without defending liberty and justice for all. Here’s why.
Kara A. Wilson is chief strategy officer at Project Shema, a training and education organization focused on addressing contemporary antisemitism, with an emphasis on how anti-Jewish ideas and implicit biases can show up in discourse around Israel and Palestine. She leads the education, communications and data teams, ensuring programs that create space for empathetic exploration that builds bridges and rejects the dehumanization of anyone. Kara is also a rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, as well as a writer and poet deeply committed to expansive thinking about Jewish community.
It is a mistake to focus exclusively on antisemitism without defending liberty and justice for all. Here’s why.
Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement
Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis
Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues
Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives
