Fifteen years ago I said in an interview that the typical American Jewish leader "is moderate in his politics, successful in his business or profession, exercises considerable restraint in criticizing the powers that be, [and] is slow in seeing anti-semitism."
In fact, while we are regularly among the first to identify and combat any sort of injustice or bigotry against other groups, many Jews are reluctant to stand up and make a fuss in our own self-defense. And so it...
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