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-Great Cultural Revolution
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.’
2026-02-04
Jews argue. Sometimes they take the other side, not because they believe it, but just to see what they’ll discover there. I think in this case both sides are right. But why should anyone else care if the Jews spend their own money to do Jewish things more Jewishly? No one else is involved, no one else is impacted.
[JTA] 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 abandon their current strategy for combating antisemitism and instead redirect their resources toward strengthening Jewish life itself.

Stephens, the conservative New York Times columnist and founder of the Jewish thought journal Sapir, said antisemitism is largely impervious to appeals to tolerance, reminders of Jewish and Israeli accomplishments, or mandatory Holocaust education.

Instead, he called for large-scale investment in Jewish day schools, cultural institutions, philanthropy, media, publishing and religious leadership, arguing that the infrastructure already exists but lacks sufficient scale and coordination.

"What we call the fight against antisemitism, which consumes tens of millions of dollars every year in Jewish philanthropy and has become an organizing principle across Jewish organizations, is a well-meaning, but mostly wasted effort," Stephens said, delivering the annual "State of World Jewry" address at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Sunday. "We should spend the money and focus our energy elsewhere."
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