Left-wing Anti-Semitism

For years now, I’ve been sounding the alarm about growing anti-Semitism in America, especially anti-Semitism on the left. It’s back in the news this week and the problem may be far worse than we realized.

Some of our readers may recognize the name Leonard Jeffries. He’s a radical black studies professor who was widely condemned back in the 1990s for espousing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. 

He also happens to be the uncle of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the man who replaced Nancy Pelosi as the leader of House Democrats.

When he entered New York politics, Rep. Jeffries distanced himself from his radical uncle and denied knowing about his extreme, anti-Semitic views. Well, he lied.

Several weeks ago, Mark Paoletta, a conservative legal activist, did what few journalists are willing to do these days – actual journalism. 

He discovered that as a member of the Black Student Union at Binghamton University, Hakeem Jeffries defended his uncle as a “renowned historian” and a “well-versed intellectual.”  Professor Jeffries went on to deliver another bile-filled, anti-Semitic diatribe on the campus of Binghamton University at the invitation of the Black Student Union. 

In fact, it was Hakeem Jeffries who invited his uncle to speak on the campus. Clearly, Jeffries was well-aware of his uncle’s crazy views. Worse, he seemed to defend them.

Now, CNN has picked up on Paoletta’s reporting and other “mainstream” media outlets can no longer ignore the truth. CNN also discovered that Hakeem Jeffries even defended notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan.

It’s bad enough that junior progressive politicians like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have brought their anti-Semitism into the halls of Congress. But the idea that such reprehensible views might be shared by the House Democrat leader is truly disturbing.