In the minds of leftist Jews, national borders are antisemitic, attempting to save Western civ from the invading Islamic hordes is antisemitic, criticizing their Moslem jihadist bedfellows in any way is antisemitic, the traditional cultural values of the West are antisemitic, advocating tax reductions and small gov’t in general is antisemitic, the 2nd amendment is antisemitic, the FIRST amendment (in practice) is ant, the Republican Party is antisemitic, the Founding Fathers were antisemitic, and even the Jews in Trump’s family are antisemitic.
Glad to see the J-Post stand up for Gorka and sanity. The schmendricks at the Forward and suicidal leftist Jews in general are meshuggannah beyond description.
I think one of the problems with the leftist Jews is that they think the things you listed are more “racist” than “anti-Semitic,” and liberal Jews tend to see racism and associated things (both alleged and actual) as gateways to anti-Semitism (if he hates blacks, he MUST hate Jews, etc.). To them, it also gives the historical Jewish experience, more meaning, like there’s something to “pass on.”
I constantly have this discussion with my dad and grandpa; I tell them that even if people in the distant past once said “Jewish (and Irish, Italian, etc.) immigrants are dangerous” as they say about Muslims, I point out that the latter is actually true and an instance of the wolf actually coming and coming fast, not simply the boy crying falsely.
Another part of the problem is that a Jew who does call out Muslims has to be brave because non-Jewish liberals, especially screetchy white non-Jewish liberals, will say “how could you be bigoted, hypocrite” because even for as much as liberals think they’re so openminded, they fail to see the unique (meaning worse than the blacks, etc.) experience Jews had and many of them find a way to say “Jews aren’t REALLY a minority” and thus they think its OK to love gays, trannies, blacks, Hispanics (both legal AND illegal) but not Jews.
The younger Jews are waking up. Aish is battling Hillel for influence around campuses, and every young Jew knows what BDS is, while the older ones (Baby Boomers and up) don’t.