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March 1, 2023

Judaism’s Antidote to Cancel Culture

Some ancient wisdom for our censorious times.

Public shaming and the labeling of certain opinions as beyond the pale are phenomena present in most societies, and have been hallmarks of Jewish communities for centuries. But, argues David Wolpe in conversation with Elliot Cosgrove, such limitations are a far cry from the new fanatical censoriousness known as cancel culture. Among other topics, Wolpe and Hirsch also discuss why, in one of the safest societies in human history, young people keep saying they are unsafe, the noticeable overlap between cancel culture and anti-Semitism, and what Jews have learned from holding on to their unpopular opinions for three millennia.

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