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Frederick Tatala's avatar

Matt, your article really upset me—not because it isn't excellent, because it is, but because it raises a question that continually bothers me: where is the accountability?

Israel is investigating the failures that led to October 7. Why isn't there an equally serious reckoning among our large, well-funded Jewish organizations? When did they recognize what was happening on university campuses? Why were so many caught unprepared for the propaganda war that followed October 7? Why was the response so ineffective when, as your article argues, the ideological groundwork had been developing for years?

These organizations raise enormous amounts of money. Where does it go, what results are they producing, and who is held responsible when they fail? I don't want another conference, another committee or another fundraising campaign. I want an independent examination that asks the leadership hard questions and publishes the answers.

We demand accountability from Israel for October 7. We should be willing to demand accountability from our own Jewish institutions for what happened afterward.

Former Jersey Girl's avatar

Because they are so wedded to the left that they refused to acknowledge it.

Frederick Tatala's avatar

As Trump would say, "It is our Jewish swamp." It needs to be overhauled.

James Golden's avatar

Good piece. This was obvious from the beginning. I bet the Hamasers in Qatar are disappointed that Israel did not use a nuclear weapon and are still working to provoke its use, which is the real point of Iran’s nuclear weapons program.