Progressive Jewish Responses to the Ilhan Omar Controversy
The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 11, 2019
Batya Ungar-Sargon, opinion editor at The Forward, and Jessica Smith, chief operating officer at J Street, offer different responses from the Left to the issues raised by the Rep. Ilhan Omar controversy.
"When you allow anti-Semitic tropes to infiltrate criticism of Israel, you make it so much harder for the Jewish community to join that conversation when we’re actually at the forefront of it," says @bungarsargon.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 11, 2019
"The political debate over Israel + the Palestinian conflict has grown more polarized… working toward an end to the occupation + bringing peace + security to the region have been lost when we create this dangerous environment in which we weaponize anti-Semitism," @JessCantTweet.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 11, 2019
