Reply To: Who is a bigger threat in America

Three thoughts. First, those who insist on determining which side is worse tend to get into battles with each other, giving aid and comfort to the real enemy. Let’s not. Second, my vote goes to those on the Left, mainly in academia, who’ve been developing a “scientific” antisemitism and teaching it to the young. It has more harmful potential than much of right-wing antisemitism, which centers heavily on hoary Xian tropes and promotes thuggery. Third, there are centrist and rightist Jewish academics, some frum, who could be making a bigger impact in research, media, and public life, than they are making. I sort of fall into that category, having made aliya and doing little against the ghastly developments in the “old country.”