Intersectionality, Anti-Semitism, and the "Hierarchy" of Oppression

One of the themes that we have been discussing is the relative social standing of Jews in America.  From the very beginning, Jews were able to escape many of the deep-seated social and political constructs of Europe that were built in some way on a foundation of antisemitism.  While Jews were no strangers to bigotry in America, even the antisemitic tropes that were similar, like Henry Ford's publishing of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, did not have the same impact on American society as it did in European nations.  Eventually, Jews gained de facto equality in the later part of the 20th century, able to "pass" as part of the privileged white middle class.

However, this led to an interesting phenomena among American activist movements, and one which I was almost wholly unaware of.  I was surprised to learn, for example, that some Christian Feminist movements predicated part of their ideology on the notion that Judaism was the inherently patriarchal element of Christian history.  This, in turn, created a difficulty for Jewish feminists, religious or not, who felt that an intrinsic element of themselves had to be denounced in some way in order to "earn" a seat at the broader feminist table.

I was thinking about this as we covered our section on GLBTQ Jews in recent history.  And while we focused on GLBTQ issues and rights within American Judaism, I feel that it is also necessary to continue to have a conversation about GLBTQ Jews in the greater sphere of American activist issues.

Earlier this year, the National LGBTQ task force canceled a reception that was to be hosted by the Israel LGBTQ group A Wider Bridge, and would have included representatives from Jerusalem Open House, citing that other LGBTQ groups were agitating for their exclusion on the basis of claims of "pinkwashing," and diverting discussion from policies related to the Israel/Palestine conflict.  While both of these groups are Israeli, what concerns me greatly is that some of the secondary effects in social media that I observed were pulling American Jews, both LGBTQ and their allies, into having to "take a side."  While I am not a person who personally believes that all criticisms of Israel (even those that refer to themselves as anti-Zionist) are inherently antisemitic, in the wider context of its effects on American Jews, I can't help but feel troubled.

From the example of earlier feminism and the LGBTQ movement today, I wonder this: is there a "hierarchy" of sorts related to activist groups?  If being Jewish (itself still a minority in many ways) requires a litmus test of sorts to gain access into the broader conversation of LGBTQ, or any other movement, focused on Israel, is this an example of antisemitism?  Is it based on classical antisemitic tropes, or is it something new?  Or is it a wholly different idea, and am I reaching?