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In his blistering commentaries on his show "Real Time," political comedian Bill Maher often makes it clear that he considers antisemitism a problem on both the left (specially, what he calls the "woke" left) and the right. Maher, in one of his biting jokes, commented, "I'm old enough to remember when it was the conservatives who hated the Jews."
The Trump administration, meanwhile, is vowing to confront antisemitism on college campuses. But according to reporting from Jewish Insider, some evangelical Christians fear that President Donald Trump and his allies are focusing too heavily on the left while glossing over antisemitism on the right.
"President Donald Trump came into office with a promise to make tackling antisemitism a priority of his second term," Jewish insider reports in an article published on August 13. "So far, the focus of that effort has been almost exclusively on addressing left-wing and Islamist antisemitism, primarily tied to anti-Israel extremism — while leaving out antisemitism emerging from the political right. Now, a group of staunch Trump allies from within the evangelical Christian community is urging Republicans to also focus on countering what they describe as a growing threat of antisemitism from within their own camp."
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JI continues, "They see prominent MAGA-aligned figures such as podcast hosts Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens platforming overtly antisemitic views, and worry that those voices — with massive social media followings — could play a role in shaping the direction of the Republican Party."
In July, JI reports, an organization called the Conference of Christian Presidents for Israel hosted a meeting with the Family Research Council — a far-right white evangelical group — that was billed as a "private roundtable for key Christian leaders." The invitation, according to JI, read, "It is vital that Christian leaders counter the forces on the right who are demonizing the state of Israel, its leadership and the Jewish people."
Yehuda Kaploun, a Jewish rabbi, attended the event — and Yair Netanyahu, a son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed the event virtually from Israel.
Kaploun told Jewish Insider, "Antisemitism is a bipartisan issue and needs to be condemned anytime, anyplace. It is imperative that all parties educate their members about the dangers of antisemitism."
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