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The Jews and the Left
Author(s): Batya Ungar-Sargon (Author)
- Publisher: Broadside Books
- Publication Date: June 2, 2026
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 0063460602
- ISBN-13: 9780063460607
Book Description
Why did Jews become devoted Democrats, and why did the Democrats turn on them?
For the past 100 years, Jews have famously been at the forefront of every liberal cause in America. They were overrepresented in the Civil Rights Movement, in the Labor movement, the pro-choice movement, and the LGBT movement. If you ask them why they are Democrats, many will say it’s because they are Jews.
And yet, as Batya Ungar-Sargon explains in The Jews and the Left, with its slogans about the destruction of Israel and elevation of antisemitic leaders, the Left has become a no-go zone for Jews unless they are willing to denounce their own people. Now the left has cheers when Zohran Mamdani says there shouldn’t be a Jewish state on this planet, and Bernie Sanders says Israel’s goal in Gaza is “extermination.”
To explore how we got here. Ungar-Sargon takes readers through the long history of Jews in American political life, from George Washington’s praise for the Jews to the forgotten Jewish Founding Father, from the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to the lynching of Leo Frank, from the Civil Rights movement to the shock many Americans felt on October 7th when Hamas wasn’t universally condemned.
Many Jews will insist that antisemitic violence has been more common on the right than on the left. The reality is far more complicated and far more troubling. This book analyzes a uniquely left-wing form of antisemitic hate. The Jews and the Left is a moving historical account of one of the most important alliances in American politics—and its breakdown.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Few political stories are as strange—or as tragic—as that of American Jews and the modern Left. Ungar-Sargon asks the questions others are too timid to raise: why do so many Jews remain loyal to a movement that no longer seems to want them? With clarity and courage, The Jews and The Left traces the journey from civil rights heroism to ideological exile, exposing how today’s Left has recast Jews as an anomaly in its moral hierarchy. This is a bracing account of an identity stranded between history, loyalty, and political reality.” — Douglas Murray, New York Times bestselling author of On Democracies and Death Cults
“What I admire most about Batya Ungar-Sargon is her absolute and unflinching honesty and clarity on American politics. She follows the facts wherever they lead, even when doing so comes at a personal or professional cost. In The Jews and the Left, Batya takes on one of the most painful and misunderstood ruptures in American politics—and she does so with courage, clarity, and heart. This is not a polemic. It’s a reckoning. The Jews and the Left is a brave, deeply humane book that challenges readers across the political spectrum.” — Scott Jennings, New York Times bestselling author of A Revolution of Common Sense
“Batya’s break from the progressive left—much like my own journey—exposes how the movement that once welcomed Jewish values has turned against Jews and Israel, demanding we renounce our heritage for acceptance. Having reconnected to my own Jewish roots after leaving that world, I see this book as an essential wake-up call for American Jews to rethink alliances and stand unapologetically for our identity and principles.” — Dave Rubin, host of The Rubin Report and bestselling author of Don’t Burn This Country
About the Author
Batya Ungar-Sargon is a columnist for the Free Press and the host of Batya! on NewsNation, where she is a weekend anchor. An Orthodox Jew who describes herself as “MAGA Left,” she earned her PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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