Jewish Daily Forward Attacks Stephen Miller As A Race Traitor

Until now, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were the main targets of ire for the overwhelmingly liberal American-Jewish community, horrified that members of its own tribe could have contributed to the policies and tone of the Trump White House.

But this past week marked a turning point: Jewish fury is now aimed squarely at another senior Trump official from the tribe: Stephen Miller, the staunchest advocate of the widely despised family separation policy at the southern border.

[...]There’s a sense that, somewhere in their hearts, Jared and Ivanka know better. Miller, on the other hand, wholeheartedly embraces and embodies an ideology that many American Jews see as a threat to their own well-being, given that it promotes a vision of America as a white Christian nation.

Being a Jew is about respecting historical memory. It is about exercising responsibility to each other and, by extension, to others who require empathy and assistance. We are admonished to protect the stranger, to recognize that there is one law for residents and aliens alike, to treat others as we wish to be treated. This isn’t liberal or conservative, left wing or right. It’s foundational. These are values shared by Jews across the political spectrum, who may differ on their responses and policy proposals but still adhere to a basic respect for human dignity.

I don’t see how Stephen Miller is part of this community.

Perhaps he doesn’t want to be. That’s up to him, and there’s no indication that he does care about other Jews or even other Americans beyond the narrow share who support his beloved president.

But even if it changes him not one iota, even if it feeds his perverse sense of victimization, we still should say: You are not one of us.

In her June 18 piece, “Jews Should Disown Stephen Miller Over Trump’s Family Separation Disgrace,” Jane Eisner asks, “should the American Jewish community disown Stephen Miller?” Jewish leaders and thousands of Jewish activists have already shared their answer and it is a resounding yes.