America has never quite known how to differentiate Jews from the other “huddled masses” who found refuge in the United States. And there has been so much mixed-messaging. Are Jews a persecuted minority—occasionally victims of mass murder—to be pitied? Or are they a special breed of Caucasians—the whitest of white—imbued with infinite resources of ingenuity, acumen and craftiness that enable them to better leverage their privilege? Contrasting and interchangeable images: a timid people wrapped in prayer shawls, too weak to push their pushcarts, helplessly awaiting the next pogrom; or super white people who furtively run the show and oppress the...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
