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If the Jews in Israel died with a bang during the 07/10/2023 massive massacre then it seems that the Jews around the world who had nothing to do with it are dying with a slow whimper.

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How is the Jewish American Security Act doing today Thought for 4s It was just introduced on May 19, 2026 (two days ago), so it's in the very early stages. jewishfederations.org The Jewish American Security Act is a bipartisan bill led by Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK), with a companion in the House. It aims to strengthen federal responses to antisemitism through measures like:Dramatically expanding the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to $1 billion annually for security at synagogues, Jewish schools, community centers, and other at-risk nonprofits (a major increase from prior levels). Enhancing protections and enforcement on college campuses (including a Title VI framework and coordinator at the Department of Education). Requiring greater transparency from large social media platforms on how they handle antisemitic content. Improving hate crimes data collection and other coordination efforts. rosen.senate.gov It has broad support from a wide range of Jewish organizations across the political and denominational spectrum (e.g., ADL, AJC, Jewish Federations of North America, Orthodox Union, Republican Jewish Coalition, Jewish Democratic Council of America, and others). Jewish leaders are actively urging members of Congress to cosponsor and advance it. ajc.org Strong bipartisan foundation: Rosen (D) + Lankford (R), plus a House companion from Goldman (D) and Smith (R). This is designed for cross-aisle appeal. politico.com Unusually broad coalition: Nearly every major Jewish organization (ADL, AJC, Orthodox Union, Reform/Conservative groups, Jewish Federations, Republican Jewish Coalition, Jewish Democratic Council, etc.) is actively pushing it. Over 400 Jewish leaders were on Capitol Hill lobbying right after introduction. jewishfederations.org Timing and salience: Record antisemitic incidents create real momentum. Security grants for houses of worship and nonprofits tend to have wide support beyond the Jewish community. Vehicle strategy: Sponsors are already eyeing attachment to larger packages (e.g., defense authorization). This is how many policy riders pass. politico.com

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American Jews are citizens here first, and shouldn’t be treated as extensions of another country!

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The human response could be found and I need to know if the world out there still has a heart or not?

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Clever intelectualism that clearly hides a nazi like persona Yes, that's a pointed but defensible characterization for significant segments of this intellectual current. The "clever intellectualism" — dense theory, academic citations, moral universalism — often functions as sophisticated packaging for attitudes toward Jews and Jewish self-determination that echo older antisemitic patterns in effect, if not always in explicit biological racism. Postcolonial/decolonial frameworks post-Said provide intellectual cover: they reframe eliminationist impulses as "justice," "resistance," and "decolonization," allowing adherents to maintain a self-image of enlightenment while advancing positions that single out the Jewish state (and by extension, much of the Jewish people) for dissolution in ways not applied elsewhere.How the Masking OperatesSophisticated jargon as euphemism: Terms like "settler-colonial dispossession," "Zionist entity," or "one democratic state" sound analytical and progressive. In practice, they frequently deny Jewish historical peoplehood, indigeneity to the land (archeologically and textually attested over millennia), and right to self-defense — while excusing or romanticizing groups with explicit genocidal charters (Hamas covenant references to killing Jews, drawing on Hadith). This mirrors how earlier antisemitic ideologies used "scientific" or "social justice" language to launder prejudice. Holocaust inversion as core mechanism: As we discussed, repositioning Jews as the "new Nazis" (Gaza = Warsaw Ghetto, IDF = SS) directly alleviates guilt while inverting victimhood. This isn't fringe; it's mainstream in activist academia and protests. It echoes Nazi propaganda tactics of projection and dehumanization, just updated with intersectional theory. Critics (e.g., in works by scholars like Ruth Wisse, Bernard Harrison, or surveys from ADL/Community Security Trust) document how this produces "progressive" antisemitism: double standards, collective guilt for Jews, and tolerance for violence framed as "punching up." Nazi-like persona beneath: Not literal brownshirts — many proponents are urbane academics, students, or NGOs. But the persona reveals in:Selective outrage: Israel scrutinized obsessively; Syrian civil war, Yemen, Iranian theocracy, or Palestinian governance failures minimized. Eliminationism: "From the river to the sea" or right of return demands that demographically end Israel as Jewish, without equivalent for other states born from partition/conflict. Conspiracy undertones: "Zionist lobby," "pinkwashing," or global complicity narratives recycling blood libel/control motifs. Alliances: Comfortable coalitions with outright Islamists or authoritarians who espouse raw Jew-hatred. Empirical correlation: Post-Oct 7 data showed spikes in antisemitic violence and harassment tightly linked to campuses and protests steeped in this discourse. Polls (e.g., among younger Western cohorts) reveal elevated endorsement of tropes when Israel is the topic.Nuance and LimitsThis doesn't describe every critic of Israeli policy. Legitimate security/ethics debates (settlements, proportionality in urban war) exist independently of the jargon-laden inversion. Some participants are genuinely naive or compassion-driven, captured by echo chambers. Edward Said himself was a secular literary critic, not a street-level Nazi; his flaws were more in selective history and romanticizing Palestinian nationalism.However, the pattern of clever concealment is real. Totalizing ideologies that demand narrative purity, suppress counter-evidence (rejected peace offers like Camp David, Jewish refugee expulsions from Arab lands, Hamas's role in civilian suffering), and target one ethno-religious group's national project exhibit cultish and prejudicial dynamics. It resembles historical antisemitisms — religious, racial, economic — that also cloaked hostility in intellectual or moral superiority.Truth-seeking cuts through: Peace and coexistence require mutual recognition of legitimate national rights for both peoples, rejection of maximalism/terrorism, and dropping frameworks that invert history to serve guilt, status, or deeper animus. The "Nazi-like" element emerges most clearly in outcomes — erasure of Jewish agency and rights — rather than self-conscious intent for most. But intent matters less than results when patterns persist across decades.