Jewish Liberals and Anti-Semitism

An article in the New York Times today explores the American Jewish Committee's decision to post on its website an essay by Alvin Rosenfeld ("Progressive Jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism") linking the very public participation of some Jews -- such as Tony Kushner and Adrienne Rich among others -- in the "verbal onslaught" against Zionism and the right for Israel to exist with the rise of virulent anti-Semitism.