How the Left Abandoned the Jews
They’re the culmination of a 40-year ideological shift that party leaders tolerated—and often encouraged.By John Podhoretz06.29.26 — U.S. On Friday evening, California state senator Scott Wiener was on his way to a trans-led Pride Shabbat service in San Francisco—an event he’s joined for 22 years. At the entrance, protesters surrounded him, screaming: “We fucking hate you.” “You do not belong here.” And: “You stopped being queer the moment you started supporting Israel, you piece of shit.” Wiener is a Jewish, openly gay man.His offense?
- ▪They’re the culmination of a 40-year ideological shift that party leaders tolerated—and often encouraged.By John Podhoretz06.29.26 — U.S.
- ▪On Friday evening, California state senator Scott Wiener was on his way to a trans-led Pride Shabbat service in San Francisco—an event he’s joined for 22 years.
- ▪At the entrance, protesters surrounded him, screaming: “We fucking hate you.” “You do not belong here.” And: “You stopped being queer the moment you started supporting Israel, you piece of shit.” Wiener is a Jewish, openly gay man.His offen
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How the Left Abandoned the JewsThe DSA-backed winners of New York’s congressional primaries at a Brooklyn rally days before their sweep—the culmination, John Podhoretz argues, of 40 years of Democratic tolerance for antisemitism. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)The victories of anti-Israel democratic socialists aren’t a break from Democratic politics. They’re the culmination of a 40-year ideological shift that party leaders tolerated—and often encouraged.By John Podhoretz06.29.26 — U.S.
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