OPINION: 'We must consistently highlight the racism and bigotry inherent in trying to push Jews and Zionists out of shared and progressive spaces, and the human harm that has been caused by re-othering Jews with this virtual yellow Star of…
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib shocked the world when she recently argued that progressives who support the world’s only Jewish state are not progressives at all.
According to Pew, in 2021, over 70% of American Jews lean toward the Democratic Party, and half describe their political views as liberal. Progressivism is aligned with Jewish values, which celebrate Tikkun Olam, the concept of man’s role in repairing or bettering the world. At the same time, Gallup found that 95% of American Jews support Israel, and Pew indicated that “eight-in-ten U.S. Jews say caring about Israel is an essential or important part of what being Jewish means to them.
Accordingly, those like Tlaib, who would deny Jews their right to identify and practice our faith as our ancestors have for thousands of years, exhibit and inculcate antisemitism by acting to exclude Jews. Last month, two Jewish women were harassed and kicked out of a sexual-assault survivors’ support group at the State University of New York New Paltz for their Zionist identity.
In fact, Tlaib is not redefining the values of progressivism; she is redefining the word “progressive” away from its values. This is exactly what Donald Trump has done to American conservatives by advancing the idea that you can’t be a conservative unless you support Donald Trump.
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