Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content #348 - The Politics of Antisemitism
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Jan 5, 2024 
Sam Harris speaks with Rabbi David Wolpe about the global response to the atrocities of October 7th, 2023. They discuss the difference between Israeli and diaspora Jews, the history and logic of antisemitism, conspiracy theories, right-wing and left-wing antisemitism, the response of Harvard to October 7th, the future of DEI and civil discourse, the BDS movement, Jewish acceptance at Ivy League universities, and the antisemitism endemic to Islam.
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Three Strands Of Contemporary Antisemitism
- Antisemitism manifests from multiple directions: far right, far left, and Islamist sources.
- Each strand hates Jews for opposite reasons, creating no easy political refuge.
Conspiracy Thinking Fuels Jew-Hatred
- Antisemitism often takes the form of conspiracy thinking that explains complex change via Jewish plots.
- Great Replacement and Protocols-style myths persist because small-group prominence fuels conspiratorial narratives.
Monoclonal Antibodies And Demographic Shifts
- Wolpe recounts getting quick monoclonal antibodies at Cedars because he was clergy to Jews.
- A nurse told him in a decade clergy to Indians might be most helpful, illustrating shifting demographic advantages.