America has an antisemitism problem and victims cannot be left to fight it alone, rabbi says

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14. I can't completely agree with you that Democrats have an antisemitic problem.

The WaPo article is about BDS, which was formed to object not to Jews or their religion but to their government policies. A few members of BDS may have resorted to calling for more drastic action against Israel, but just criticizing actions of the Israeli government is not antisemitic. Merriam-Webster defines antisemitism as “hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group.” I do not think that most democrats have hostility toward Jews.

The right, however, has definitely become more hostile toward Jews and indeed all minorities. I’m not saying that there are no Democrats who are antisemitic, but to equate the antisemitism on both sides is inaccurate when one side is much more bigoted.