US Jewish Establishment excels itself in stupidity

JVL Introduction

MJ Rosenberg is justifiably outraged about the warped political culture that now passes for “Jewish communal leadership”.

For them, he gravest threat today “isn’t authoritarianism, isn’t rising right-wing antisemitism, isn’t a president demanding lists of Jewish students—but a Muslim mayor showing up at a seder”.

As Rosenberg says, a seder—a ritual about liberation, argument, and moral questioning—turns into a loyalty test.

And about Trump who is, as Rosenberg says, openly talking about rooting out “anti-Israel” voices on campuses, demanding ideological conformity, flirting with list-making that has an unmistakable historical echo.

No outrage from the Jewish establishment. No boycotts. No cancellations.

Not a whimper of protest.

RK

This article was originally published by MJ Rosenberg's Substack on Wed 1 Apr 2026. Read the original here.