In 92NY Talk, Bret Stephens Urges 'Dismantling' ADL and Investing More in Jewish Identity

In 92NY talk, Bret Stephens urges ‘dismantling’ ADL and investing more in Jewish identity

In a speech that described antisemites as an “axis of the perfidious, the despotic, the hypocritical, the cynical, the deranged and the incurably stupid,” Bret Stephens asserted that supporters of the Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish defense groups should largely…

In 92NY talk, Bret Stephens urges 'dismantling' ADL and investing more in Jewish identity

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL, was in the audience for a talk he called "misguided."

Bret Stephens: Fight against antisemitism is a ‘mostly wasted effort’

The American Jewish community needs to dismantle its large communal institutions and reallocate its ample resources to building Jewish identity, rather than combating antisemitism. So argued New York Times columnist Bret Stephens last night in the 46th annual State of World Jewry address at the 92NY in Manhattan. “The fight against antisemitism, which consumes tens of millions of dollars every year in Jewish philanthropy, is a well-meaning but m…