16 May 2024
Has Antisemitism Surged?
Robert Wright and The Free Press reporter Eli Lake discuss campus protests, free speech controversies, DEI, and the Israel lobby.
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In this video:
- How Jews fit—or don’t—into universities’ DEI regimes
- What do controversial pro-Palestine chants really mean?
- When does criticism of Israel become antisemitic?
- The Israel lobby’s influence on Congress and academia
- Do pro-Israel donors unwittingly inflame antisemitism?
- Evidence of increasing antisemitism
- Was Ilhan Omar’s “all about the Benjamins” tweet antisemitic?
- Bob criticizes Bari Weiss, Bill Ackman, and an Eli tweet
- Balancing concerns about free speech and antisemitism
- Are Israelis too fatalistic about antisemitism for their own good?
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