What Sam Kriss Gets Wrong About Allegations of Antisemitism
As a Jewish woman with a stake in this subjet matter, I read the recent op-ed, The Cudgel of Antisemitism , written by British Jewish journalist Sam Kriss, published by Glenn Greenwald, asking, "Is there a crisis of hatred against Western Jews, or are they just another causality in the game of victimhood politics?" with great interest. I am someone who is always willing to hear a point of view that might cause me to think about an issue with a new perspective. This piece did not change my mind. In fact, it solidified my resolve to not allow overt antisemitism to thrive just because the accusation of it has been used as a cudgel in some circumstances, often for political purposes. When the author writes, "I do not want a world in which everyone who deploys some kind of antisemitic trope is swiftly punished for their opinions; I want a world in which I do not have to care," that's a nice fantasy, but it's simply not a reality. We don't live in that w...