Thanks for the link to the Cash controversy. This was most enlightening.

But what should we think of the reaction of Leon Wieseltier, since 1983 literary editor of The New Republic? He seems to validate the widespread "Don't fuck with the Jews" perception in his vengeance-seeking response to Mr. Cash's article (which seemed to me quite innocuous). Even if intended as sarcasm, his letter to Cash's British editor is deeply disturbing:

"William Cash worries about 'inevitable shrieks of "anti-Semitism"' as a consequence of his anti-Semitism. Not to worry. People as powerful as us [sic!] have no need to shriek. We will bide our time and silently see justice done. Maybe before Passover. You run a filthy magazine."

So what kind of a magazine does a man with these sentiments run?