Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left podcast.

Following the 2023 attack and counter-attack between Israel and Hamas, which brought the simmering

conflict into the mainstream of American politics, we're now living with the opportunistic

weaponization of anti-Semitism being used as a pretext to crack down

on anti-Israel protests and universities that just aren't teaching a Trump-aligned curriculum.

Meanwhile, genuinely inexcusable anti-Semitism is being either condemned or excused by Israel supporters based more on political affiliation

than the actual danger posed to Jews.

For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 50

minutes today includes Ikar, Against the Grain, Zateo, Democracy Now, The Rational National, and Matt Bernstein. Then, in the

additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in four sections. Section A, free speech,

followed by Section B, Weaponization, Section C, Indefensible, and Section D, Backfire. But first,

we're reminded to check out our new show

Solved on the Best of Left YouTube channel. We're really proud of the show we're making and

think it's actually fairly unique for a political talk show. We're all about quality or

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That's all on the Best of Left YouTube channel linked in the show notes.

And now, onto the show.

The great danger I have learned from this text is not one anti-Semitism or the other.

It's when the conditions of our society allow for a flourishing of anti-Semitism or the other. It's when the conditions of our society allow for a

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