A Related Phenomenon Worth Examining

“The Braids That Bind” is a thoughtful, well-reported piece. I was struck, though, by the accompanying editor’s note. Even an article so careful to highlight dissenting voices within the Jewish community occasioned apologetic hand-wringing about the legitimacy of talking about the Jewish community without also talking about the Muslim community.

As Dara Horn has observed, Jews can’t speak about their own experience, and maybe journalists can’t write about Jews speaking about their own experience, without someone feeling it morally necessary to point out that others suffer, too. That’s a phenomenon worth examining.