High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Progressive" Jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism is a 2006 essay released by the American Jewish Committee, authored by Alvin H. Rosenfeld , with an introduction by the AJC's executive director, David A. Harris. The essay makes the claim, as summarized by the New York Times, that a "number of Jews, through their speaking and writing, are feeding a rise in virulent antisemitism by questioning whether Israel should even exist."Rosenfeld explained his motivation to the New York Times saying he wanted to show that in an age when anti-Semitism is resurgent, Jews thinking the way they re thinking is feeding into a very nasty cause. ... Opposing Israel s settlement of the West Bank or treatment of Palestinians 'is, in itself, not anti-Semitic,' it is questioning Israel s right to exist that crosses the line."