What starts with the Jews, rarely ends with just the Jews - with Yuval Levin

Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

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🗓️ 16 December 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On previous episodes of this podcast we’ve discussed the origins and history of antisemitism. But what does this antisemitic moment tell us about society more generally? If you look back throughout history, the persecution of Jews has often coincided with an even bigger crack-up in society. Is this antisemitic moment the first sign of something bigger going on – is it a vessel for broader and deepers trends? This is what we will discuss with Yuvan Levin. Yuval currently wears three hats: At the American Enterprise Institute think tank, he’s the Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies. He’s the editor-in-chief of National Affairs, a quarterly journal of essays about domestic policy, political economy, and political thought. He’s also authored numerous books. “The Fractured Republic” is especially relevant to today’s conversation. Yuval served as a member of the White House domestic policy staff under President George W. Bush. He earned his masters and PhD from the University of Chicago. To subscribe to National Affairs: https://www.nationalaffairs.com/

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0:00.0	You know the Jews have always found themselves on the wrong side of these kinds of distinctions.
0:04.7	You look at the 19th century anti-Semitism and what it basically consists of is people who hate capitalism
0:10.5	accused the Jews of being capitalists and people who hate communism accused the Jews of being communists at the same time
0:16.8	And so there's just a way in which Jews come to represent
0:21.1	What ideological extremists hate.
0:24.0	I think we're seeing that here.
0:25.6	The left identifies Jews as the oppressors.
0:29.1	The right to the extent that we also see right-wing anti-Semitism,
0:32.0	and that exists too of course
0:33.1	identifies Jews as kind of outsiders you know the Jews will not replace us those
0:38.6	crowds in Charlottesville were yelling these are obviously contradictory ways of
0:44.2	understanding what the Jews are and ultimately they're not really trying to
0:48.5	understand what the Jews are. These are expressions of dangerous and violent ideological extremism and they have to be fought
0:56.8	on their own terms even as we work to specifically protect Jewish Americans from the
1:01.4	particular threats that we face. It's 6 p.m. in New York City on Friday, December 15th as we get ready for
1:20.5	Chabat. It's 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 16th in Israel. Today is
1:27.8	day 70 of the Hamas Israel War. Here are a few updates. A few hours ago the IDF spokesman reported that three
1:35.9	Israeli hostages were tragically killed accidentally by IDF soldiers during a battle with Hamas terrorists.
1:45.0	Of the 240 hostages, 113 are still in Gaza.
1:51.0	110 were released from captivity during a week-long pause in fighting in late November.
1:58.5	The bodies of eight hostages have been recovered and the IDF has confirmed the deaths of 20 of those still held by
2:05.5	Hamas, citing new intelligence and findings obtained by troops operating in Gaza. There appears to be growing tension between the families of
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