(Jewish Group) The alarming rise in Jewish Republicans tolerating antisemitism

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I know some Jewish republicans but none of these Jews supported TFG. The rise of antisemitism and tolerance of such antisemitism is sad and worrisome

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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/republican-antisemitism-jews-rcna55451?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

With the midterm elections bearing down upon the country, Republicans suddenly can’t seem to stop talking about, admonishing and even threatening Jews.

This places Jewish Republicans in a bind: Will they side with their party and its deep roster of candidates, who are trafficking in subtle and unsubtle forms of antisemitism? Or will they speak out against bigotry and adhere to a more traditional Jewish-American ethos of placing the safety of the entire community first and foremost?

Right now, it looks like they’re taking the low road of putting up with antisemitism out of partisan commitment, and neglecting to consider how dangerous of a wager they’re making.

This choice confronts them almost daily. A few days back, Rebbie Mastriano, the wife of Republican Senate candidate Doug Mastriano of Pennsylvania, commented that she and her husband “probably love Israel more than a lot of Jews do.” This past Sunday in Nevada, Jewish Insider broke the story that a former paid staff member of Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt was tweeting about Judaism being a cult. Mark Finchem, a Republican candidate for secretary of state in Arizona, drones on about George Soros and other Jews he considers unpatriotic. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency recently reported that a Texas GOP congressional candidate wrote a 2020 novel about Anne Frank that explores the possibility that the beloved Holocaust martyr was Christ-curious......

My counsel to Jewish Republicans, is that before chopping wood for patently antisemitic Republicans, before invoking “The Squad,” before donning a lib-owning T-Shirt that reads “Good Jewish Character, Right Here!” they ought to reflect upon a crucial — dare I say, existential — question: Will right-wing extremists care to distinguish Jewish Republicans from Jewish Democrats if and when they come to power?

[secondwind]

2. Racism plays a huge part in this, IMHO

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3. My late father was like that.

"Think Yiddish, dress British"

Ran to join a "traditional" country club that banned Jews the minute it voted to allow them. Thought of himself as patrician WASP.

I theorized he was a classic self-hating Jew. Not as much as he wanted to join a new clique. And he had to play by their rules as far as adopting their positions.

Consequently, he came to view me as a threat to his new life, that my being progressive/liberal made me a "Communist" (yes, he shouted that at me on Christmas Day 1987). He was mean and vituperative to my friend who was also a progressive Jew.

If Dad were still around, he'd be a Trump-Humper and would not defend the antisemitic attacks on Jews, which would include himself.

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4. Sadly, when other minorities meet with vocal Trumpians, it creates a hesistance that doesn't

help the big game.

For example, a latina nurse friend who worked for a Veteran hospital said that her encounter with a Jewish patient was on par with the hate she gets from the Anglo Trumpers. There she is trying to be of service to him, and he's treating her like shit.

This doesn't help anyone. These encounters create a hesitance that hurts everyone in the end.