Jonathan Greenblatt
Role at the time: CEO of the Anti-Defamation League
Statement summary
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said Hasan Piker had appointed himself an authority on antisemitism, lecturing Jews about what is and is not antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it.
“The Jewsplaining is extraordinary: Piker appoints himself an authority on antisemitism, lecturing Jews about what is and isn’t antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it”
New York Post report on responses to Hasan Piker's remarks about American Jews and Israel, including Rep. Hillary Scholten, the Jewish Federation of Detroit, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League's CEO.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The case asks how people responded to Piker's August 20 remarks about American Jews and Israel, including whether they read them as a warning or as an implicit threat. Greenblatt criticized Piker for lecturing Jews about what is and is not antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it. That criticizes the remarks directly, so we labeled it Condemned.