"The country’s largest #Jewish advocacy groups are downplaying its rise on the right, afraid of appearing partisan and damaging ties with the #Trump administration. At the same time, the Jewish #establishment — the #AntiDefamationLeague, #JewishFederations of #NorthAmerica, the #ConferenceofPresidents and other big institutional players — refuses to acknowledge any distinction between #Jewishidentity and #Zionism, making it difficult to influence the growing share of #Americans whose political turn against #Israel sometimes slips into #antisemitism.

#Progressives, meanwhile, tend to view antisemitism as a secondary or tertiary issue — if not a complete distraction from their priorities. And their work on antisemitism is often stymied by an inability to understand the complex relationship that most American #Jews have with Israel.

So despite Jewish organizations’ massive investment in combating antisemitism..."

https://forward.com/news/antisemitism-decoded/794332/things-are-only-going-to-get-worse-for-jews-from-here/

Things are only going to get worse for Jews from here

Nobody seems to be making a dent in antisemitism — even as problematic beliefs about Jews continue to grow.

The Forward

Liberal Zionist groups in the US are begging President Joe Biden to save Israel from itself. Mondoweiss' Phil Weiss and Michael Arria break down the impact of Israel's judicial reforms on the increasingly fragile relationship between Israel and the US public.

#IsraelLobby #AIPAC #ZOA #ConferenceOfPresidents #Judaism #USPolitics #hasbara #zionism #zionist #Israel #Palestine #diaspora #freespeech #rightwing #InternationalLaw #HumanRights #occupation #IDF #IsraelDefenseForces

Will the US ever condition aid to Israel? Israel's ongoing judicial reforms have sparked significant controversy, not only within Israel itself but also among US lawmakers. Mondoweiss' Phil Weiss says the Israel lobby is in '"complete disarray."

#IsraelJudicialReforms #IsraelLobby #AIPAC #ZOA #ConferenceOfPresidents #Judaism #USPolitics #hasbara #zionism #zionist #Israel #Palestine #diaspora #freespeech #rightwing #CanaryMission #InternationalLaw #HumanRights #occupation #IDF