Current sectionOpinionShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeThe Hollywood actor criticized the concentration of power in the hands of the Ellison family, while also mentioning the family's ties to Israel. Antisemitism is a real threat in America today, but this isn't an example of itLibby Lenkinski 04:02 PM • August 27 2026 IDTThe accusation arrived with remarkable speed.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:TVJews in AmericaAntisemitismRepublican PartyCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankIDF VideoGaza Militias Hasan PikerPro-IsraelOfer WinterSyriaPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael's Opposition Is Again Looking for Salvation in the Wrong PlacesMark Ruffalo Is Right: Calling Out Power Doesn't Make You an AntisemiteSlovenia PM Confirms Country Blocked EU Condemnation of W. Bank Settlement PlanBrouhaha in Academia: Did We Really Hunt Mammoths?Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' Gaza'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Germany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?