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Big Picture Jews, Israel, Self-Criticism Alvin Rosenfeld, Progressive Jewish Criticism of Israel and the New Anti-Semitism, AJC, 12/06
Big Picture Jews, Israel, Self-Criticism Alvin Rosenfeld, Progressive Jewish Criticism of Israel and the New Anti-Semitism, AJC, 12/06
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In this seminal piece published by the American Jewish Committee, Alvin Rosenfeld asked the fundamental question: "n what ways might Jews themselves, especially so-called “progressive†Jews, be contributing to the intellectual and political climate that helps to foster such hostility [i.e. the New Antisemitism], especially in its anti-Zionist forms?"  The piece created an uproar with critics of Israel claiming Rosenfeld was trying to muzzle legitimate criticism, and others pointing out the contradiction between such a claim (which ignored the distinction Rosenfeld made between legitimate and excessive criticism) and the effective purpose, to shut down criticism of the critics.  “Progressive†Jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism  “German fascism came and went. Soviet Communism came and went. Anti-Semitism came and stayed.â€1  Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, offered these discerning words in response to a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in which the president of Iran denounced Israel as “a disgraceful blot†that should be “wiped off the map.†A few days after this incendiary declaration, the Iranian leader followed up with more of the same, dismissing the Nazi Holocaust as a “myth†or “fairy tale.â€2  Shocked by such unabashed outpouring of anti-Jewish venom and by numerous parallels to it, Rabbi Sacks confessed that the reemergence of anti- Semitism “is one of the most frightening phenomena in [my] lifetime – because it’s happened after sixty years of Holocaust education, anti-racist legislation, and interfaith dialogue.† In light of this disturbing trend, this paper will reflect upon two questions: (1) What, if anything, is new about the “new†anti-Semitism? (2) In what ways might Jews themselves, especially so-called “progressive†Jews, be contributing to the intellectual and political climate that helps to foster such hostility,especially in its anti-Zionist forms?3  Before proceeding to examine these issues, though, it will be helpful to reviewsome of the developments that giverise to them in the ï¬rst place.
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