Talking about the war in Gaza is complicated for Jewish Americans, and in Manhattan’s wealthiest circles, disagreement has created social cloisters.
As the summer season kicked into gear and much of the Upper East Side migrated to Long Island’s East End, no one wanted to get canceled. Not right when guest lists are drawn up for some of the most exclusive parties in the Hamptons, often held at the sprawling estates of some of the wealthiest people on the planet.
On a national scale, the Anti-Defamation League reported a 140 percent surge in antisemitic incidents in 2023 compared with 2022. The Council on American-Islamic Relations reported a 178 percent increase in anti-Muslim incidents for the last three months of 2023. Both organizations said these numbers had set records. The moment feels existential for worldwide Jewry. And for many on the Upper East Side, the impulse has been to turn inward.
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