Perspective: Who decides when we do — and don’t — call out anti-Semitism?
Rep. Ilhan Omar rallies with fellow Democrats outside the Capitol before a vote on Friday. By Danya Ruttenberg Danya Ruttenberg is rabbi-in-residence at Avodah and author of"Nurture the Wow: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting.
Because that is exactly what happened in the fall when President Trump suggested that a caravan of migrants traveling toward the United States was funded by Jewish billionaire George Soros. That’s what happens when he frequently uses the anti-Semitic dog whistle “globalist” — which points at the same “dual loyalty” trope that so ignited the conversation around Omar.
Trump, who referred to white supremacists who chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville two years ago as “very fine people,” insists that the Democrats have become an “an anti-Jewish party” now. Why does he choose this moment, and only this moment, to call out anti-Semitism?Of course, Jews are not the only scapegoats in American culture — not by a long shot.
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