'Too many' Dems 'noticeably, shamefully silent' about Jew-hatred on far left, Gottheimer writes

(JNS) — Although Democrats have long decried Jew-hatred on the far right, “today, too many Democrats are noticeably and shamefully silent when antisemitism comes from the far left,” according to Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.).

“It’s a glaring double standard,” the congressman wrote in the New York Times.

“Consider the response to—really, the embrace of—Hasan Piker, a prominent left-wing commentator with millions of online followers,” who “referred to Orthodox Jews as ‘inbred’ and said ‘America deserved 9/11,’ both statements he halfheartedly walked back,” the congressman wrote.

“He said that Ha...