Shifting narratives on antisemitism

I watched the HBO documentary No Accident, chronicling the civil conspiracy trial against Jason Kessler, Richard Spencer, and other organizers of "Unite the Right"  in Charlottesville. The jury found the individuals and groups liable for civil conspiracy under Virginia law but hung on civil conspiracy under federal law; the court reduced an award of (mostly punitive) damages of more than $ 24 million to about $ 2.35 million, given Virginia-law limits on punitive damages. I am considering holding a "Civil Litigation Night at the Movies" next semester, given how the case touches on every class I teach--Civ Pro (lots of stuff about discovery), Evidence (a detailed look at trial and how lawyers prove facts), and Civil Rights (the case began with a focus on a provision of the KKK Act of 1871, although that is not where things landed).

The film highlights some Jewish themes--Roberta Kaplan's Passover Seder, an information session at a New York City temple, discussions (in 2019) of increases in antisemitism, explanations of  "white replacement theory" and Jews' roles in that. But I was struck by how outdated those discussions of antisemitism felt and how much the conversation around antisemitism has changed in the past two months. Now  Republican such as Elise Stefanik are calling out antisemitism in the mainstream media, while making common cause with the villains in this movie. I do not mean to oversimplify--left-wing antisemitism existed in 2017 (e.g., efforts to exclude Jewish organizations from the Women's March and Gay Pride programs) and right-wing antisemitism has not disappeared. But the narrative changed very quickly. Or it vindicates Tom Lehrer.