Recent discussions and essays, including a notable piece by Franklin Foer in The Atlantic's April 2024 issue, have highlighted a concerning resurgence of anti-Semitism in the United States, termed as "new radicalism". This resurgence spans both the political right and left, threatening to end a period of unprecedented safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans. Contributors to the discourse, such as Meir Soloveichik and commentators on social media, have pointed out how this wave of anti-Semitism risks undermining the liberal order that Jewish Americans have significantly contributed to establishing, viewing liberalism as the salvation of American Jews. Foer's essay delves into how liberalism, which has historically helped suppress anti-Semitic sentiments, is now under assault from both sides of the political spectrum. This situation has led to a reevaluation of the relationship between Jewish Americans and progressive causes, with some observers, including Jewish liberals, acknowledging a previously overlooked prevalence of anti-Semitism within progressive circles, marking a significant shift from what some might consider a Golden Age for Jews that ended before Oct. 7.
"Like many American Jews, I once considered anti-Semitism a threat largely emanating from the right." Hey Jews: Disproportionate success defines the oppressor: Sincerely, The Left and Satan https://t.co/RExHTZKtaN
Anti-Semitism has crept back into the realm of the acceptable in American culture. Its resurgence on both the right and left is dangerous for Jews and the liberal order they helped create, @FranklinFoer argues in our new cover story: https://t.co/lFmvKwrRzw https://t.co/svFsDhWqH4
“Liberalism is now under assault from both the illiberal left and the MAGA right," @FranklinFoer says. “As liberalism has receded, anti-Semitism has begun to sprout. Liberalism, it turns out, was pretty effective at tamping down the hatred of Jews.” https://t.co/oTlKySUlO7
This is a fascinating account by a Jewish liberal, realizing for the first time that many progressives are Antisemites. It’s not news. But it’s news to Jewish liberals. I’m not sure there was a Golden Age for Jews. But if there was, it ended before Oct. 7. https://t.co/A47OSH4yCT
Read this masterful @FranklinFoer essay on liberalism as the salvation of American Jews, and its endangerment from both ends https://t.co/724sNOFfb1
Anti-Semitism on the right and the left threatens to bring to a close an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans—and demolish the liberal order they helped establish. https://t.co/o7JamR8dny
Anti-Semitism on the right and the left threatens to bring to a close an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans—and damage the liberal order they helped establish. https://t.co/M1osPVRQRf
Interesting and important piece by @FranklinFoer in new issue of @TheAtlantic about the importance of the Jewish American contribution to progressive and liberal causes and how antisemitism is now eroding that relationship. https://t.co/I0thfttqzd
.@FranklinFoer: “Part of the reason I failed to appreciate the extent of the anti-Semitism on the left is that I assumed its criticisms of the Israeli government were, at bottom, a harsher version of my own.” https://t.co/dtxy4sIF3w
The Golden Age of American Jews Is Ending - The Atlantic https://t.co/dtxy4sIF3w
Anti-Semitism on the right and the left threatens to end an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans—and demolish the liberal order they helped establish, @FranklinFoer writes https://t.co/IFoRAdsVLH
"The Golden Age of American Jewry has given way to a golden age of conspiracy, reckless hyperbole, and political violence, all tendencies inimical to the democratic temperament," writes @FranklinFoer https://t.co/a1BUI79grl
Anti-Semitism on the right and the left threatens to end an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans—and demolish the liberal order they helped establish, @FranklinFoer writes in @TheAtlantic's April 2024 cover story: https://t.co/3wjX7jV9Ef
What Jews Mean to America by Meir Soloveichik // This is an incredible essay on the roots of antisemitism and how it relates to a risk to the American progressive agenda and ultimately America https://t.co/8SnUjXxsDZ https://t.co/44eRCswtbo
An important article by @JakeWSimons "This “new radicalism”...is not a problem only for Jews. It is weakening us from within under the eyes of Putin, Xi and the Ayatollahs. They are coming for us all" https://t.co/tHiTvhSSjt