Among the Jewish Organizations Devoted to Shielding Anti-Semites from Criticism

Founded in New York City in 1991, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) describes itself as “inspired by Jewish tradition to fight for a sustainable world with an equitable distribution of economic and cultural resources and political power.” JFREJ has published a booklet titled “Understanding Anti-Semitism,” which devotes much attention to papering over the persecution of Jews in Muslim lands and to the topic of Islamophobia. To Karys Rhea and Keren Toledano, the document exhibits how so much of today’s “anti-racist activism . . . acts as a cover for Jew-hatred.” Perhaps most dangerous is JFREJ’s inclination to chalk up all forms of anti-Semitism that can’t be blamed on “white Christian nationalism” to what Marxists once termed “false consciousness.”