Rabbi Joe Jorgensen

Anti-Semitism is not just an age-old prejudice. It is a contemporary crisis manifesting on campuses across the nation. It is not enough for individuals or institutions to merely claim they are not anti-Semitic. As my father once taught me, it is not enough for people, especially public figures, to be neutral or not be anti-Semitic. One must be anti-anti-Semitic.

Anti-Semitism is not just an age-old prejudice. It is a contemporary crisis manifesting on campuses across the nation. It is not enough for individuals or institutions to merely claim they are not anti-Semitic. As my father once taught me, it is not enough for people, especially public figures, to be neutral or not be anti-Semitic. One must be anti-anti-Semitic.

We must demand the same of our universities and government institutions. This hearing, in my opinion, is an attempt to be just that, anti-anti-Semitic. Anti-Semitism.

We must demand the same of our universities and government institutions. This hearing, in my opinion, is an attempt to be just that, anti-anti-Semitic. Anti-Semitism.

anyway um let's let's play this clip uh because i did i just found this to be kind of fascinating so let's jump into it talking about npr i npr is not biased in its coverage you're talking about the national shows that the national originate the national news shows that we produce i'm speaking about our editorial news gathering function right there is not bias in npr okay just pause it already yesterday

anyway um let's let's play this clip uh because i did i just found this to be kind of fascinating so let's jump into it talking about npr i npr is not biased in its coverage you're talking about the national shows that the national originate the national news shows that we produce i'm speaking about our editorial news gathering function right there is not bias in npr okay just pause it already yesterday

yesterday. That was a long time ago. Speaking with our editorial leadership, one thing that came up quite frequently was the Hunter Biden laptop story. Indeed. And our editorial leadership today says, you know, we wish we'd gotten on that earlier.

yesterday. That was a long time ago. Speaking with our editorial leadership, one thing that came up quite frequently was the Hunter Biden laptop story. Indeed. And our editorial leadership today says, you know, we wish we'd gotten on that earlier.

And you, in fact, expressed a regret yesterday in the hearing. That was one of the newsworthy things. You came out whole from that hearing. But what made news was your regret that you had not done a better job institutionally on the Hunter Biden story.

And you, in fact, expressed a regret yesterday in the hearing. That was one of the newsworthy things. You came out whole from that hearing. But what made news was your regret that you had not done a better job institutionally on the Hunter Biden story.

Yeah, and to be clear, I'm not on the editorial side of the organization, and I was not there at the time.

Yeah, and to be clear, I'm not on the editorial side of the organization, and I was not there at the time.

But you represented it as your feeling and as the feeling of the editorial team today. That's correct.

But you represented it as your feeling and as the feeling of the editorial team today. That's correct.

100%.

100%.

We didn't get on it early enough. And so is that a mistake? Sure. We can acknowledge that we are not always perfect. My belief is that it's not our goal to be trusted. It's our goal to be trustworthy, which means we get up every single day and we try to do the best job so that we earn the worth, that we are worth people's trust, but we never assume that we're trusted.

We didn't get on it early enough. And so is that a mistake? Sure. We can acknowledge that we are not always perfect. My belief is that it's not our goal to be trusted. It's our goal to be trustworthy, which means we get up every single day and we try to do the best job so that we earn the worth, that we are worth people's trust, but we never assume that we're trusted.

But they assume, speaking of assuming, they assume that you didn't cover that story more fully because you were biased.

But they assume, speaking of assuming, they assume that you didn't cover that story more fully because you were biased.

I do understand that. And that's why I think it's important to acknowledge them or not.

I do understand that. And that's why I think it's important to acknowledge them or not.

But you don't think that was biased?

But you don't think that was biased?

I was not there and I cannot speak to the conversations that happened. So I don't know what went into it. But my view is that when we hear criticism, we need to take it on board and we need to examine what it is that is generating this criticism and determine what we're going to do about it. If we are going to serve the public interest, we need to hear from the public.

I was not there and I cannot speak to the conversations that happened. So I don't know what went into it. But my view is that when we hear criticism, we need to take it on board and we need to examine what it is that is generating this criticism and determine what we're going to do about it. If we are going to serve the public interest, we need to hear from the public.

And then we need to determine what of that is something that we can integrate in order to earn that public trust.

And then we need to determine what of that is something that we can integrate in order to earn that public trust.