#US / Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther Weaponizes Antisemitism Against Progressive Groups
The conservative think tank has unveiled Project Esther, a strategic initiative that co-opts legitimate concerns about #antisemitism while notably ignoring white supremacist violence and the "great replacement" theory. Its true agenda: deploying federal power through RICO and FARA legislation to dismantle progressive funding networks and civil society organizations, all while lacking meaningful Jewish organizational involvement and dismissively critiquing "Jewish complacency" - suggesting this is less about protecting Jews and more about advancing the think tank's longstanding mission to reshape American society along conservative Christian nationalist lines.
[…] Heritage is betting that many Americans who oppose Project 2025 it
... Show more...#US / Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther Weaponizes Antisemitism Against Progressive Groups
The conservative think tank has unveiled Project Esther, a strategic initiative that co-opts legitimate concerns about #antisemitism while notably ignoring white supremacist violence and the "great replacement" theory. Its true agenda: deploying federal power through RICO and FARA legislation to dismantle progressive funding networks and civil society organizations, all while lacking meaningful Jewish organizational involvement and dismissively critiquing "Jewish complacency" - suggesting this is less about protecting Jews and more about advancing the think tank's longstanding mission to reshape American society along conservative Christian nationalist lines.
[…] Heritage is betting that many Americans who oppose Project 2025 itself won’t know what to make of a proposal to tackle antisemitism. As civil society begins to strategize on a response to the coming Trump administration, it’s important to see Project Esther for what it is: an extension of Project 2025 that would assault social justice and advance Christian supremacy.
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(RNS) — Project Esther's concern for antisemitism is actually a smokescreen for an attack on a variety of progressive causes.
Zev Mishell (RNS)