“The author complains that Passover is too Jewish centric!” one commenter marveled. Sure, there’s a distinction, as there often is, between the New York Times endorsing this attack on the particularism of Passover and merely reporting on it as newsworthy. First, the “Black-Jewish alliance within the civil rights movement,” in its best days, while significant, powerful, and praiseworthy, was never universal. The Times article misses that nuance, instead establishing a straw man. The online version of the Times article now carries a single small correction: “A correction was made on Jan. 23, 2024.

Source: New York Times January 26, 2024 03:54 UTC