How (not) to fight antisemitism

JVL Introduction

New York Times opinion editor and writer Bari Weiss, has written an impassioned book on antisemitism but, argues Judith Butler one that lacks both historical analysis and a broader political approach – one in which antisemitism is an unrooted “thought virus”, an “intellectual disease”.

Butler writes: Weiss encourages Jews to “practice a Judaism of affirmation, not a Judaism of defensiveness.” A fine idea! But if Judaism and Zionism are conflated, then what precisely is to be affirmed? And how are we to judge?

This article was originally published by Jewish Currents on Mon 23 Sep 2019. Read the original here.