"You have TikTok just smashing our young people's brains all day long with video of carnage in Gaza, and this is why so many of us can't have a sane conversation with younger Jews, because anything that we try to say to them, they're hearing it through this wall of carnage. So I want to give data and information and facts and arguments, and they're just seeing in their minds carnage, and I sound obscene."
"And you know, I think, unfortunately, the very smart bet that we made on Holocaust education to serve as anti-Semitism education, in this new media environment, I think that is beginning to break down a little bit because, you know, Holocaust education is absolutely essential, but I think it may be confusing some of our young people about anti-Semitism, because they learn about big, strong Nazis hurting weak, emaciated Jews and then they think, Oh, anti-Semitism is like anti-black racism, right?"
Since October 7th there have been significant shifts in American perceptions of Jews and Israel, particularly among young people. TikTok exposes young people to relentless videos of carnage in Gaza, imprinting imagery that interferes with data-driven conversations and frames responses through a wall of violence. Holocaust education has been relied on as anti‑Semitism education, but in the current media environment that linkage may be breaking down. The Holocaust narrative of powerful Nazis oppressing weak, emaciated Jews can unintentionally encourage an analogy of powerful Israelis versus weak Palestinians when youth repeatedly see distressing social media images. The remarks prompted viral attention and widespread condemnation on social media.
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