ADL anti-Semitism Daniel Greenfield

Daniel Greenfield: ADL Betrays Jews to Left-Wing Antisemitism…….


 

Like the NAACP, the ADL’s first priority is Democrat Party politics…

 

THE ADL BETRAYS JEWS TO LEFT-WING ANTI-SEMITISM

An irrelevant organization has one last chance.

The ADL has been irrelevant for 50 years.

 

Its full organizational name, the Anti-Defamation League, like that of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is rarely used because that identity and mission lie in another era.

 

The ADL was founded in 1913 to promote the acceptance of Jews in mainstream society. Its founding charter was concerned with “the caricaturing and defaming of Jews on the stage, in moving pictures”. Its original plan was to fight anti-Semitic prejudice by lobbying theater managers and newspaper editors.

 

Jews won acceptance in mainstream society over 50 years ago. Hollywood has more Jewish caricatures than ever. The revival of Murphy Brown means that CBS now will have three sitcoms featuring grotesque caricatures that play every negative Jewish stereotype for laughs. But that’s okay.

 

The ADL long ceased fighting that battle. And all the others. It’s an irrelevant organization on its last legs.

 

Its original mission became irrelevant when Jews won mainstream acceptance. Jews are the best liked (or perhaps least disliked) religious group in America. Yet anti-Semitic hate crimes dominate the roster.

 

How can both be true?

 

As anti-Semitism declined nationally, it receded to the racial and political margins. Instead of a lukewarm prejudice of many, it became the passionate creed of political extremists. The ADL shifted to combating anti-Semitism on the margins instead of in the mainstream. Instead of critiquing movies, it monitored hate groups. But, unlike mainstream lobbying, its monitoring of the margins was ineffectual.

 

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