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An escalating fear of antisemitism from both left and right is actually much worse in the United States than in either Sweden or Denmark.
Legitimate critiques of Israel tend to veer towards illegitimate generalizations about Israel, Zionists or Jews that rely on age-old antisemitic ideas.
Understanding that the mob was bent on death, most of the Jews decided that it was preferable to take their own lives.
The IHRA position regards any opposition to Israelโ€™s treatment of Palestinians or advocacy of a democratic one-state solution, or many other substantive criticisms, into being understood as antisemitism.
Hope somehow emerges from trauma. Love is possible and in a variety of forms.
Rabbinic literature explains that it is not for Jews to fight Amalek because God will exercise vengeance in the โ€œAge to Come.โ€
Living fully and beautifully, and in a deeply interconnected fashion, is the richest possible repudiation of those who hate us.
Without a deeper understanding of antisemitism and its relationship to white supremacy, our movements for justice can easily be undermined and weakened.

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