Another Secular Conference

The Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations just held a conference at Rutgers entitled “Secular Jewishness and Human Welfare — Putting Our Values to Work.” Here is a sample, from the New Jersey Jewish News:

In her address, “Anti-Semitism, a Progressive Jewish Perspective,” Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, founding director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, said she was troubled by manifestations of anti-Jewish attitudes on the Left.

“It is in my way. When we internalize it, it humiliates, isolates, and silences us. We need our loud, proud Jewish energy, and it alienates us as potential allies,” she declared.

But Kaye/Kantrowitz added that “frankly, I am scared of anti-Semitism on the Right. Sometimes it’s not exactly anti-Semitism. Sometimes its philo-Zionism, and sometimes it’s just plain rampant Christianism,” which threaten women’s reproductive rights and the separation of church and state.

That's nice, "philo-Zionism" is "not exactly anti-Semitism," but it still worries her. Consider this post a companion to this one.

Tags: Judaism, political correctness, secularism, Zionism, anti-Semitism