No, Hannah, That Wasn't Brave (Guest Column)

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As a queer Jew, son of refugees from Iraq and Tunisia (Berber) who has dedicated my life to fighting antisemitism, I read Hannah Einbinder’s Emmys-night comments with sadness and fear. When the Hacks actor signed a pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions and used her platform to declare “Free Palestine,” she no doubt believed she was doing something bold, even righteous. But what she did wasn’t brave, it was populist. And it was dangerous.

There is nothing risky about parroting the most popular slogan in Hollywood. Wearing a pin or signing an open letter won’t cost you jobs or red carpet invites — if anything, it buys you applause. But for millions of Jews, it comes with a cost: our safety.

The claim that anti-Israel rhetoric is separate from antisemitism collapses under the weight of reality. Jews are attacked on the streets of New York, stabbed in Europe, shot in synagogues in Pittsburgh and Poway — by people who believe the same conspiracy theories anti-Israel activists spread.

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