According to a report cited by The Times of Israel, the American Psychological Association dismissed antisemitism complaints filed within its own ranks. Details are still scarce. But a profession built on listening that cannot hear Jewish pain raises a question that reaches far beyond America.
The headline fits on a single line, and it stings all on its own: according to a report cited by The Times of Israel, the American Psychological Association "brushed aside" antisemitism complaints filed within its ranks. As of this writing, that headline is all we have. We do not know how many complaints there were, what they alleged, who authored the report, or how the association has responded. Midbar is therefore sticking to what is established, and waiting for the rest.
What we can say without inventing anything is what such conduct would mean coming from such an institution. Psychology is, by definition, the profession of listening. Its first professional act is to take seriously the person who says they are in pain, before even judging whether that pain is justified. If an organization of psychologists receives antisemitism complaints and sets them aside without examining them, it does not merely fail its Jewish members: it contradicts itself. You cannot teach listening and then cover your ears the moment the person speaking is Jewish.
