Published On: Sat, Feb 22nd, 2025

Where does today’s anti-elitism come from? Antisemitism, says Adam Gopnik

A man wearing a Kippah walks by graves vandalised with swastikas at the Jewish cemetery

The current wave of anti-elitism, and anti-urbanism we’re seeing from authoritarian leaders and their followers may seem to have erupted out of nowhere. But New Yorker writer, Adam Gopnik argues what we see now stems from historic antisemitism.

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Where does today’s anti-elitism come from? Antisemitism, says Adam Gopnik