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Open letter to Peter Beinart: When the Left comes for you, where will you go? | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 1121 words · By JEFFREY LAX
Political Polarization (Left vs. Right) Zionism vs. Jewish Identity Antisemitism
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Appeal to Fear 90% confidence
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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“During a meeting about lowering the threshold for a boycott of Israeli goods, a member named Michael Huarachi declared: “Jewish supremacism is a problem in this country.” He compared Jews to Nazis. Some 50 people applauded.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm a meeting at the Park Slope Food Coop where a member denounced 'Jewish supremacism', compared Jews to Nazis, and received applause from approximately 50 people.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Park Slope Food Coop, founded in 1973, has roughly 16,000 members who work in shifts in exchange for discounted groceries and a say in store policy. But the debate over Israel has divided the left…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vile-antisemitic-outburs…
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web search NEUTRAL — Supremacism is the belief that a certain group of people is superior to, and should have authority over, all others. The presumed superior group can be defined by various characteristics, including ag…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacism
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web search NEUTRAL — A Park Slope Food Coop meeting erupted in scandal as a member denounced "Jewish supremacism" and compared Jews to Nazis to the sound of applause. The shocking antisemitic outburst has left Jewish memb…
https://www.jfeed.com/antisemitism/park-slope-food-coop-anti…
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“Longtime Jewish member Ramon Maislen stood up and called it out: “Applauding a speech that labels Jews as supremacists is not principled. It is wrong.””
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Multiple sources confirm that member Ramon Maislen spoke out against the applause and the labeling of Jews as supremacists, including a direct quote and a reference to his comments to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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web search NEUTRAL — At this month's Park Slope Food Coop general meeting, a member announced on Zoom: "Jewish supremacism is a problem in this country … " And the crowd cheered. I have been a coop member for ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/applauding-a-speech-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — The vile remarks, which were made over Zoom by a coop member, prompted applause from at least 50 people who were attending the meeting in person, according to witnesses.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/lifestyle/vile-antisemitic-out…
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web search NEUTRAL — Park Slope Food Coop draws outcry after member laments 'Jewish supremacy' during meeting "This is not who we are as a coop," member Ramon Maislen told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
https://www.jta.org/2026/05/01/ny/park-slope-food-coop-draws…
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“Progressive podcaster Briahna Joy Gray tweeted about the Epstein files: “The mainstream media’s disinterest in the rampant Jewish supremacy in these documents is fascinating.””
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The provided web search results discuss the Epstein files and Joe Biden, but none of the results contain the specific tweet by Briahna Joy Gray regarding 'rampant Jewish supremacy' in those documents.
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web search NEUTRAL — These Epstein files lay out the raw truth that globalist operatives within the deep state carried out Biden’s execution in a secret military operation in 2019, right after Epstein’s own suspicious dea…
https://gazetteller.com/breaking-epstein-files-confirm-biden…
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web search NEUTRAL — Similarly, another X account mentioned, "Epstein files claimed to suggest that Joe Biden was shot in 2019 and replaced by a cloned version wearing a mask."
https://news.meaww.com/fact-check-are-claims-that-biden-was-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three individuals, known in the court documents as Doe 105, Doe 107, and Doe 110, have made appeals. Documents related to Does 105, 107, and 110-110 are being withheld. What we learned–. Donald Trump …
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/confirmed-epstein-d…
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“Anti-Defamation League audits and campus reports document harassment of visibly Jewish students – kippah-wearers and Orthodox Jews – not for their views on Gaza, but for their Jewish identity.”
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ADL audits and reports are mentioned across multiple sources documenting the increase of antisemitic incidents on campuses and generally, specifically noting the targeting of Jewish students.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ADL’s yearly audits have long been compiled from reports by private individuals and data sent by law enforcement; since 2021, they have also included data from Jewish federations, synagogues, Hill…
https://jewishcurrents.org/examining-the-adls-antisemitism-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — After reports of harassment by demonstrators, some Jewish students said they felt unsafe. Others said they felt safe, while condemning antisemitism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/21/nyregion/columbia-protest…
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web search NEUTRAL — ADL audit finds anti-Semitic incidents on American campuses nearly doubled in 2015, and increased 60% across the country. Ben Ariel.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/213994
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“The harassment takes form in swastikas on dorms, assaults on Jewish diners told “Hitler was right,” and vandalism of synagogues and kosher businesses with no connection to Israel.”
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Evidence from news reports and Wikipedia confirms specific instances of antisemitic harassment including attacks on Jewish diners in LA and vandalism of synagogues in various states.
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web search NEUTRAL — In the past, incidents of antisemitism were mostly confined to organized antisemitic groups, mainly from a white nationalist or white supremacist backgrounds, but also including the Nation of Islam an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_the_United_Sta…
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web search NEUTRAL — Antisemitic incidents related to anti-Israel protests, including encampments, also decreased by 83% on college campuses in 2025 compared to 2024, according to the survey.
https://jewishjournal.org/2026/05/06/adl-says-antisemitic-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jewish diners outside a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles attacked by men shouting anti-Semitic threats. Vandalism at synagogues in Arizona, Illinois and New York.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/anti-semitism-attacks-…
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“Just last month, in April 2026, Senate Republicans stood united in defeating resolutions introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders to block arms sales to Israel.”
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Web search results from April 2026 (live evidence) confirm that Senate Republicans and some Democrats defeated resolutions introduced by Bernie Sanders to block arms sales to Israel.
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web search NEUTRAL — The bill, a joint resolution introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, who caucuses with Democrats, would have halted the sale of military bulldozers to Israel. In total, 40 Democr…
https://philzav.livejournal.com/1016578.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Previous resolutions from Sanders to block arms sales to Israel were defeated by overwhelming margins. In April 2025, only 15 senators, all Democrats, voted to block arms sales. In July of that year, …
https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/senate-votes-sanders-bulldoze…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sanders also said the Israeli government is using mass starvation to "engineer the ethnic cleansing" of Gaza. "Despite these war crimes, carried out daily in plain view, the United States has provided…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-senate-rejects-sanders-…
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“Forty out of 47 Senate Democrats voted to prohibit the sale of military equipment to Israel.”
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The source 'Democrats Oppose Arms Sales to Israel: philzav — ЖЖ' specifically states that on April 16, 2026, the Senate rejected a measure to block military equipment to Israel in a 40-59 vote, implying 40 senators (the Democrats mentioned in the claim) supported the resolution to prohibit sales.
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web search NEUTRAL — Military equipment in service with Israel's military. Current equipment and weapons of the Israel Defense Forces, 2021. The military equipment of Israel includes a wide array of arms, armored vehicles…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Israe…
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web search NEUTRAL — April 17, 2026 Let’s chew on it: Democrats Oppose Arms Sales to Israel…On April 16, the Senate rejected a measure to block the sale of military equipment to Israel after seven Democrats joined Republi…
https://philzav.livejournal.com/1016578.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Here’s the list of every Democrat who voted against measures from Senator Bernie Sanders to stop giving weapons to Israel. Pro-Palestine protesters march toward the Capitol with signs that call Benjam…
https://newrepublic.com/post/198630/senate-democrats-vote-ke…
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“In the early 1930s, the Verband nationaldeutscher Juden (Association of German National Jews), led by decorated World War I veteran Max Naumann, rejected Zionism as disloyal and insisted that Jewish identity must be erased in favor of nationalism.”
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Wikipedia and other reference sources explicitly confirm that the Verband nationaldeutscher Juden, led by Max Naumann, rejected Zionism and advocated for Jewish identity to be subsumed by German nationalism.
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web search NEUTRAL — The VnJ rejected Zionism, Marxism, and liberal cosmopolitanism, emphasizing absolute loyalty to the German nation-state.[8] Naumann believed that Jews should cease to exist as a distinct national or c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Verband nationaldeutscher Juden was dissolved by the Gestapo in 1935 because of attitudes hostile to the State' and its monthly journal was obliged to cease publication.
https://prabook.com/web/max.naumann/1345168
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Max Naumann, a proud German patriot and the founder of the Verband nationaldeutscher Juden — the Association of National German Jews — declared his unwavering loyalty to the Nazi government.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/11/17/jews-across-world-repe…
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“In November 1935, just weeks after the Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of German citizenship, the Gestapo dissolved the group as “hostile to the state.””
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Although the 'Evidence for claim 8' section was empty, the 'Evidence for claim 7' section contains a search result explicitly stating: 'The Verband nationaldeutscher Juden was dissolved by the Gestapo in 1935 because of attitudes hostile to the State'.
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“Max Naumann was arrested and imprisoned in the Columbia concentration camp.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding Max Naumann's imprisonment in the Columbia concentration camp.
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