Jews have long fought antisemitism in court. Is the law built for the fight?
When historian James Loeffler set out to write a history of antisemitism and free speech in America, he kept running into the same complaint from opposite ends of the political spectrum: that antisemitism is somehow…
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Historian James Loeffler's new book argues that antisemitism's perceived exceptionalism creates a legal paradox: it is either minimized as not serious enough or exploited as uniquely dangerous. The core question is whether American free speech law, designed for general principles, can handle a hatred that both sides claim breaks the rules. Watch for how this framing influences future court battles over campus speech and hate crime statutes.