PREMIERE EPISODE Eric Cohen: Is there a future for Jews in America? | Think Twice w/ Jonathan Tobin

"The key thing to understand is that this attack on Jews is also an attack and an assault on America and on the West."

Anyone honestly looking at the rise of antisemitism on campus and in major cities in the US is worried about the future of American Jewry. Are we witnessing the end of the golden era of Jews in America? Is there a path forward where Jews can once again feel safe?

To discuss this, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin is joined by TIkvah Fund Executive Director Eric Cohen who posits for American Jewry to thrive there needs to be a "second exodus" from so-called higher institutions and a paradigm shift in who we consider our allies.

For anyone concerned about the future of American Jewry, this is a conversation you don't want to miss!

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[barbaraweinstein]

Excellent choice for a guest. Very high quality.

[Natalia-ir]

Thank you for raising such an important question. It's time to fight back.

[robertfeinberg]

The Jews who are marching alongside Hamas are saying, as Howard Philipps used to warn, "Pet the crocodile and he will eat you last."

[aharonwhitman]

Glad I graduated from university before all this happened

[hondafreedom]

This is so incredibly distressing, but, I know, much needed to deal with.

[normansommer]

I am a American Jew, I love this country and I will defend its values till the end.

[pamelaleibowitz]

Thank you Eric Cohen ! I agree with you assessment

[staceyh]

Thank you. This needs to get publicized to so many.

[donnaerickson]

It’s going to be a tough challenge. I’m a Jewish woman approaching age 70. I transitioned away from the progressive left a few years ago. But I see most of my liberal friends and family being unaware of the changes that represent the party they and their parents always belonged to. It’s hard for them to let go, especially if it means supporting the right. I agree that building new, more welcoming universities is the way to go. But I just wonder if people can let go of the idea that universities, like Harvard and Yale, are now openly
against us.

[lennarthallberg]

Eric Cohen asks if there is a future for Jews in America. That depends solely on the US Dems leaders. If they continue to value radical Muslim voters as more important for them to win the elections than opposing their anti-Semitism the answer is no, sad to say.

[kiwilaurel]

It is so nice to hear a leading Jewish thinker notice that conservative Christian people face the same issues and concerns. Our struggle is so similar. I support Israel in every way I can - I think we need to find ways to work together to provide the lives we desire for our children.

[channahcastelobranco]

Stand with Israel🇮🇱
The west is next🇮🇱🕎

[lindag]

Thank you for how you have contributed to America and are working to save this country.
I would also abandon the Marxist universities because they are lost.
However keep your eyes open. In 1920's and 1930's Germany, some Jewish people said that they were no longer Jews but "we're Germans now". There is a time to leave a hostile country. And if America continues down the current path with a hostile WH, the time might come for you to get your affairs in order and go to Israel for the safety of yourselves and your families.
As a Christian, I love the Jewish people and am very thankful to you.

[inabransome]

I've read that Quatar et al have spent years planning and investing in getting Islamist professors in various US universities, some of whom are possibly now tenured or approaching that status. I hope you (Mr Tobin) investigate & cover that in another episode.

[robertfeinberg]

When I was an undergrad I attended a presentation by a gentile conservative prof who spent a career documenting the fact that antisemitism was endemic in socialist thought and practice.

[christineperera]

The same situation in the UK too. Our great centres of learning of a bygone era, Oxford, Cambridge and so on, are no longer the same centres of excellence they once were. With multi culturism, not to offend other religions, they have done away
with the British Judeo-Christian values of teaching in our schools and universities. God have mercy on our next generation growing up in the UKx

[SharonFried-kp]

As a Jewish American Israeli living in the US, the barbaric October 7th massacre slapped me hard into the reality of a simmering Anti-Semitism that has always been here, awakened by the muslims who were ALLOWED to infiltrate the US for this express purpose, in addition to taking down America which they are doing simultaneously. People I know, including Jews, don't understand the seriousness of the problem, increased by the years of intentional broken borders bringing in criminals and army age single men who are being dispersed throughout the "great" US of A to bring chaos and harm to those looking away from their new reality. I feel safer in Israel, however dire the situation there, because in Israel we know the enemy. We will survive and win our extstential fight for survival. As for the US, I don't have high hopes.

While I appreciate your good ideas for American Jews, you are ignoring the big picture, taking into consideration other factors. And don't get me started on all of the Jewish organizations who have claimed for years that they are fighting Jew hate, yet have done nothing except take money, and for who knows what. Anti-Semitism is only growing because people who support Israel do so silently. Silence is acquiesence. This IS a repeat of Nazi Germany, only louder and incredibly far wider.

[jerriToma]

Pray that Christians rally behind Jews and fight for our freedom. ❤️🙏🙏🙏😊

[Cuileanne]

🇺🇸 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces.
Psalm 122: 6, 7 ❤

[Exapparatchik]

Schools are not picking Jews for entrance to university. Havard said that. If the Democrats win this cycle, the Jewish experience will be over. Get another passport.