- This op-ed points to an important and little-discussed aspect of the Trump administration's "anti-antisemitism" crackdown. In the name of protecting Jews, they are effectively claiming governmental right to determine who counts as Jewish at all, and therefore is worthy of government protection.
- “Mainstream American Jewish leaders,” writes the professor Peter Beinart, “have done something extraordinary: They have effectively redefined what it means to be a Jew. To silence condemnation of Israel, they have equated support for the state with Jewishness itself.”