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In February 2007, Lerner published a column entitled " There Is No New Anti-Semitism ," in which he criticized some American Jewish organizations for labeling critics of Israel as antisemites.

He was especially critical of the Anti-Defamation League and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which he characterized as " Israel-can-do-no-wrong voices in American politics.

" Lerner wrote that this mentality, which frequently leads to accusations that Jews who oppose Israel's policies toward the Palestinians are " self-hating Jews ," is alienating young Jews who " say that they can no longer identify with their Jewishness.