Democracies thrive on shared values, political debate, and compromise. --Fans of Best of the Web Today

Fans of Best of the Web Today--Ralph Avi Goldwasser shared a link.

"the rising anti-Semitism seems to be the symptom of a crisis in the current system of liberal, pluralist democracies around the world. 
Democracies thrive on shared values, political debate, and compromise. 
Majorities and minorities must respect one another...
But unfortunately, we are living in a time of identity politics, conspiracy theories, and lies. 
The ties that once united our societies—truth, an idea of the common good—are falling apart. Dialogue and compromise, the essence of our communities, are dysfunctional...

As a European engaged around the clock with American Jews, I feel a sense of responsibility and urgency to share our experience. With every exhausting debate over what constitutes anti-Semitism, with every refusal to take into consideration anti-Semitism from the other side of the political divide,....

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Europe’s Lessons for the Struggle Against Anti-Semitism

As a European engaged around the clock with American Jews, I feel a sense of responsibility and urgency to share our experience. With every exhausting debate over what constitutes anti-Semitism, with every refusal to take into consideration anti-Semitism from the other side of the political divide,....

As a European engaged around the clock with American Jews, I feel a sense of responsibility and urgency to share our experience. With every exhausting debate over what constitutes anti-Semitism, with every refusal to take into consideration anti-Semitism from the other side of the political divide,....