Are "Mainstream Jewish Institutions" Making Jews Less Safe?

JCRC's Boston Jewish Now · Mar 26, 2026 · 46m

A recent Boston Globe Ideas essay made sweeping claims about mainstream Jewish institutions, suggesting that their posture on Israel and their approach to defining antisemitism are themselves contributing to the climate that makes Jews less safe.

In this episode, Jeremy Burton and Oren Jacobson unpack that argument, challenge its logic, and examine how reducing diverse Jewish communal leadership to a single caricature can easily become a way of blaming Jews for the harm or violence directed at them. They also explore where criticism of institutions is fair, where it starts to revive old…