(Jewish Group) The CNN documentary glossed over progressive antisemitism.

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The CNN documentary glossed over progressive antisemitism. I’ve faced it, and we must confront it

“While the Jewish people are no strangers to adversity, our oppression doesn’t fit cleanly into the current framework,” I calmly explained. “We’re an inconvenient category with which no one’s quite certain what to do. It’s a lot easier to dismiss us and move on. There’s an element of shame, an element of fear we are expected to internalize. Our burden feels like it is ours to carry alone.”

I spoke these words at the Denver Womxn’s March in January 2019, a few months after the horrific massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and shortly after allegations of antisemitism created divisions among leadership and community supporters of the national Women’s March.

I’m proud to have spoken about the importance of including Jews and the fullness of their identities in the progressive movement. The problem is, I’m not sure that’s quite what I did.

My language was careful, tentative. I did not clearly say what I really needed to say: There are elements within the progressive movement that are harming, excluding and erasing Jews. And I’m imploring the movement to wake up, and to stop.

I was reminded of my speech Sunday evening as I watched the CNN documentary “Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America.” While I’m grateful for mention of antisemitism’s manifestations on the progressive left, especially in the form of anti-Zionism on college campuses, as the program came to a close, I couldn’t help but feel I wanted — and the Jews of America needed — so much more.

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Good for her taking CNN to task for that oversight. We have to be able to confront anti-Semitism in all forms, no matter what side!