In a revealing New Yorker interview , Holocaust historian and Biden appointee Deborah Lipstadt appeared to defend Trump’s crackdowns on pro-Palestinian student activists. Critics were quick to notice the irony—and danger—of using the fight against antisemitism to justify the suppression of political dissent. As New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg wrote in response: "It seems to me that there’s another sort of derangement at play here , rooted in the way Israel’s defenders conflate all but the mildest criticism of Israel with antisemitism." This post explores how political actors , and even respected Jewish intellectuals , are using antisemitism as a shield —not for Jewish safety, but for political gain —and why the silence of the Jewish majority in the face of injustice is a moral crisis. Judaism’s Ethical Tradition—and Its Silence Today From childhood, Jews around the world are raised with powerful moral lessons: never forget the Holocaust, speak out agai...