What Jon Stewart gets right - and wrong - in how to respond to antisemitism

Jon Stewart spoke about the recent antisemitism scandals from Black celebrities on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He was funny and perceptive, but not entirely right.Stewart said, "Penalizing somebody for having a thought, I don't think is the way to change their minds or gain understanding. [Kyrie Irving] is a grown ass man and the idea that we say to him that we're...

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This time, the guy attacking the Jew in Brooklyn didn't fare so well

There have been a wave of antisemitic attacks in Brooklyn over the past few years, and for the most part the media has been ignoring them - because the attackers don't fit the racial profile of  white supremacists.We've seen these videos way too often - a Hasidic man, walking along the street, being randomly attacked by a Jew-hater.Like this one that seem to have happened...

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