This NYT editorial is important. It’s the first time they acknowledge not only that there is antisemitism on the left but that it has become deadly — and that many people are still blind to it. I’m glad they’ve included Sharansky’s 3D test for when criticism of Israel turns antisemitic. I’m also very pleased with the highlighted sentence, which links to one of my @tabletmag pieces. I take it to be a sign that my thesis about the role of Soviet propaganda in shaping anti-Israel discourse on the left has now gone mainstream. I won’t analyze the editorial in detail - there are things in it I would have phrased or structured differently. But on the whole, I think it’s an important, maybe even watershed, piece for the liberal side of the spectrum. Adding a gift link in the next tweet, and a link to my Tablet piece after that. An academic version of this article, with all the references, will be published soon as part of a volume on the post-Oct 7 world.
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