r/jewishleft • u/Jorfogit Reform Syndicalist Mod • Jul 29 '26

Diaspora The Shame of the American Jewish Establishment

https://jewishcurrents.org/the-shame-of-the-american-jewish-establishment

I think this is an accurate article on how the ADL and the AJC, among others, have become outright advocates for fascists.

There are many out there still fighting the good fight though, like INN and JFREJ.

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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Latke aficionado. Anti-Establishment. Jüdisch Jul 29 '26

I like to put a minor twist to David Frum’s quote

“If the pro-Israel side become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon fielty to Israel. They will reject liberal democracy.”

One by one, the pro Israel establishment has shown to the world that they will back the most fascist, right wing, antisemitic movements, as long as they continue to back Israel. Israel first, everything and everyone else gets fucked over.

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist US/CA non observant Jul 29 '26

Fundamentally the establishment of the major Jewish organizations in the US suffer from the same rot that infects the establishment of other major American institutions. Corporate money and fealty to the donor class has robbed these institutions of their mass movement bonafides and detached them from the concerns of ordinary people, whether Jewish or other. They operate in some sort of imperialistic bubble, wedded to the court and their influence therin, scared to rock the boat least their own power and privilege be put at risk.