Thanks for Rabbi Daniel Weiner’s op-ed “The irony of the exploitation of Jewish fear” (April 2, Opinion). As Rabbi Weiner properly factors out, Jews have thrived in societies the place liberal democracies are the norm and have suffered below autocrats. This implies defending the rights of others to specific, nonviolently, a variety of views even when they’re offensive to others.
He additionally deftly factors out the thinly veiled hypocrisy of the present nationwide administration making an attempt to crush respectable free speech below the guise of combating antisemitism. It’s profoundly ironic {that a} president who has cozied as much as Christian nationalists and purveyors of the vile alternative idea makes an attempt to advertise himself as a protector of the Jewish folks. Because of Rabbi Weiner for exposing the lie.
Ron Paige, Bellevue
