Backlash after former Obama speechwriter laments young Jews empathy over Gaza 'carnage
Wednesday, 19 November 2025، 10:36 AM
Clips from a Jewish-American panel discussion are racing across social media and fuelling backlash this week after a former Obama speechwriter claimed young people falsely believe the Holocaust teaches you to “fight the big, powerful people hurting the weak people". Sarah Hurwitz argues young Jewish people 'can’t hear anything through the wall of carnage in Gaza' and are misapplying lessons about antisemitism (Read more at Middle East Eye).