In this interview with the French news site, Atlantico, Managing Director of American Jewish Committee (AJC) Europe Simone Rodan-Benzaquen discusses the rise of antisemitism among the highly educated.
Ocasio-Cortez is a freshman member of Congress, a politician without strong ties to the Jewish community. How is she supposed to know what American Jews really think if she doesn’t seek out the views of mainstream Jews? But by elevating IfNotNow, she has committed a cardinal sin of progressivism and tokenized American Jews.