Fascinating collection of responses to the @JewishCurrents Responsa on antisemitism and left strategy, from @homeandfreedom @RVilkomerson @mishmoshk @CharlotteERosen @HeyEmJude & myself, & others who might not be on Twitter chas v'sholem. A thread... https://jewishcurrents.org/letters-to-the-editor-how-not-to-fight-antisemitism/

These letters are a petri dish of Jewish Left tendencies in thinking through antisemitism today. "State Capital & power!" "Def not cyclical!" "The past is huge tho!" "Weaponization!" "Right-wing conspiracies!" "We're all traumatized!" & more jostle together.

It confirms what I've discussed w/many lately- any attempt to delineate solid differences between 'camps' 'lines' or 'tendencies' of our antisemitism analysis is partial & wobbly at best, bc everyone (yes everyone) is confused about alot & we actually agree about most core things

We throw around terms like 'middle agent' 'structural' 'cyclical' to tell ourselves we're on a certain side of a certain divide, but we often have highly individualized understanding of these concepts & end up talking past each other. It's not our fault, these are confusing times

We're no longer in the moment I depicted in 2019, with one 'middle-agent/cyclical' camp & another 'not-that' camp. I'm not convinced that division ever really existed, or if it kinda did, both 'sides' remained v internally confused, & agreed on most things https://jewishcurrents.org/where-did-the-past-go/

Here's what we agree on- the primary locus of antisemitism is on the Right; it replaces structural analysis w/conspiracy theory; we need to block the anti-Left weaponized charges machine; we need intersectional analysis & solidarity praxis; Palestinians should be free.

The rest is makhlokhet. We should approach that with seriousness, & with tenderness, humility & care. Less urgency, less knives-out, less huddling across lines carved on rapidly shifting sand. ALL of us are figuring it out, we agree on most things & we're doing great.