SWC Commends Paramount for Calling Out Antisemitic Rhetoric

Words matter, and so does the willingness to draw a line when legitimate debate gives way to antisemitic tropes.

We commend Paramount for speaking clearly and refusing to allow prejudice to masquerade as political or corporate criticism. At a time when antisemitism is too often minimized, rationalized, or repackaged in more socially acceptable language, this kind of moral clarity matters.

Invoking Israel in an issue where it is completely irrelevant is a textbook case of obsession and demonization. Paramount was right to call it out.

More leaders and institutions should have the courage to call antisemitism what it is, regardless of who is spreading it.

–Jim Berk, CEO, Simon Wiesenthal Center