Bari Weiss Quotes


While there are perfectly legitimate criticisms that one can make of Israel or the actions of its government - and I have never been shy about making them - those criticisms cross the line into anti-Semitism when they ascribe evil, almost supernatural powers to Israel in a manner that replicates classic anti-Semitic slanders.


Citations

Weiss, Bari. How to Fight Anti-Semitism. Crown, 2019.

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  • Born: March 25, 1984
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist

Bari Weiss is an American opinion writer and editor. From 2013 until 2017, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal. From 2017 to 2020, she was an op-ed staff editor and writer about culture and politics at The New York Times.