January 19, 2007

American Jews for Israel and Those Against It

To the Editor:

Let's admit it: Bush-hating has become bourgeois ("Free Speech, Israel, and Jewish Illiberalism," The Chronicle Review, November 17). The anxiety American intellectuals feel to compete publicly for liberal street cred has forced them in search of new targets of political sanctimony.

For Jews, traditionally the most liberal ethnic group in the world, there is a time-honored path to the head of the mob, a path pioneered by Josephus and confirmed in its political

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