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Bari Weiss' October 23 X (formerly Twitter) post drew a lot of online concern. The Free Press editor shared an image of the walls outside her office, which were vandalized with expletive antisemitic messages against the Jewish community and Israel. Weiss called out the antisemites, who she claims did it, and proclaimed that they did not know her and the staff of Free Press if their plan was to intimidate.
Many netizens expressed their concern and shock at the antisemitic actions of the perpetrators. People supported Weiss and expressed concern at the alleged festering antisemitism in the United States.
One X user showed their support for Weiss by commenting:
However, a few users seemed not to take Weiss seriously as they believed she had done it herself for attention or for the sake of victimizing herself. Few have also brought up and criticized her Zionist views.
Netizens mostly show support for Bari Weiss while some don't
On Monday, October 23, How to Fight Anti-Semitism author Bari Weiss posted pictures of the outside of The Free Press offices on X. The Images showcased expletive-ridden antisemitic messages scribbled across the walls. The messages read "F**k Jews" and "F**k Israel." However, Bari Weiss was not intimidated. She responded to the inscriptions on the wall with a tweet.
Netizens were extremely concerned about the alleged growing antisemitism within the United States. People offered their support and prayers to Bari and hoped that a police investigation would be in order. People motivated her to keep moving forward in her work and supported her decision not to get intimidated by such actions.
However, a few people in Bari's comments section skeptical of her allegations. People drew parallels to an incident that occurred in New York back in 2017 when a Jewish man was arrested for painting Swastikas in his own house. People alleged this could be the case in this situation too, and criticized Bari's Zionist viewpoints.
Named in 2019 as the seventh most influential Jew in the world by The Jerusalem Post, Bari Weiss has an extensive resume featuring prominent media outlets like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. She and her wife, a fellow journalist, Nellie Bowles, launched Common Sense in 2021, which was later renamed to The Free Press in 2022.
No stranger to controversy, Weiss has often come under fire for expressing public support for Zionism and Israel in her work.
In a 2018 New York Magazine article about Donald Trump, writer Andrew Sullivan described Weiss as a "Zionist fanatic of near-unhinged proportions," Weiss replied with a New York Times article where she pled "guilty as charged." However, she also said that Andrew should have omitted the word "near."
