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‘Top Story,’ Ep. 14: Elan Carr: Defining Jews as White and Privileged Is anti-Semitic

Former U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism Elan Carr joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan S. Tobin to discuss what needs to be done to halt the rise in Jew-hatred.

The two discuss extremism on the Internet, confronting Jew-hatred on both the left and right, and whether or not former President Donald Trump enabled anti-Semitism. They also discuss critical race theory, whether Hungary’s government is anti-Semitic, Carr’s successor at the U.S. State Department, and his experiences as the son of a Jewish immigrant from Iraq and an Iraq war veteran.

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Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to other publications. He covers the American political scene, foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy, the Jewish world and the arts. He hosts the JNS “Think Twice” podcast, both the weekly video program and the “Jonathan Tobin Daily” program, available on all major audio platforms and on YouTube. Previously, he was executive editor, then senior online editor and chief political blogger, for Commentary magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia and editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. He has won 60-plus awards for his columns, commentary, art criticism and other writing. He appears regularly on television, commenting on politics and foreign policy. Born in New York City, he studied history at Columbia University.
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