Opinion | Noah Berlatsky: How the campaign to smear Bernie Sanders as anti-Semitic helps real bigots - NBCNewsTHINK
Ideally, Jews on the left would be able to speak up against anti-Semitism when it occurs, and be supported by their peers. But it is very difficult to combat anti-Semitism in leftist communities when the right is pushing bad faith accusations. Leftist Jews who do speak up are pilloried as reactionary and — in line with the old anti-Semitic slur — disloyal.
Thus conservative accusations of anti-Semitism, under cover of protecting Jewish people, actually make it harder to fight anti-Semitism, while also making it harder to be Jewish on the left and in America.during the Trump presidency, and the attacks on Sanders are a perfect example of how and why. The right still says it cares about Jewish people but using anti-Semitic tropes to attack the nation's leading Jewish politicians isn't going to help most Jewish people.
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