The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and the Georgia Council on American Indian Concerns (GCOAIC) have issued statements condemning the virulently anti-Israel and undeniably antisemitic campaign known as “Deadly Exchange”.
Member Writings and Interviews
Anti-Semitism: A Return Engagement
On November 10, 1975, Daniel Patrick Moynihan spoke to the UN General Assembly, which had just passed Resolution 3379. The resolution declared Zionism “a form of racism.” In response, Moynihan said, the “abomination of anti-Semitism has been given...
When the right and left fight over anti-Semitism, Jews are caught in the middle
I lived in Minnesota for five years. My wife is from there; her family still lives there. When we return to visit, we have to reckon with a frightening reality: My in-laws’ newly elected congressional...
All Politics Is Local: How Off-Campus Anti-Israel Activists Impact Campus BDS
Back in the summer of 2009, the Atlanta, Georgia chapter of the virulently anti-Israel Quaker organization American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) launched a campaign to shut down the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) — a police leadership and...
Can the Left Recognize Anti-Semitism in its Ranks?
When it comes to anti-Semitism on the left, the political scientist Mira Sucharov can be too cautious. In 2016, after a speaker at Vassar College gave what seemed to me and many others an obviously anti-Semitic talk,...
Birthright Israel
The Birthright Israel Foundation was established in 1999 by Jewish philanthropists to provide young Jewish adults with a free guided tour of Israel. Birthright’s mission is to motivate young Jewish adults to form a strong...
The Case For Well-Crafted Anti-BDS Laws
Ronald Reagan infamously described the “nine most terrifying words in the English language” as “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Right now, pro-Israel activists are recoiling from the unanticipated consequences of state...
The End of the World That 1948 Made
2018 was, on top of everything else, one long procession of 70th anniversaries of the raft of monumental events of 1948. Those 70-year-old decisions were critical in creating the historical reality we have been living...
Ascent; Or, Moving to Israel in the 1970s
My generation believed that upon reaching our domestic and professional goals, we were more or less set for life. And so, by the end of the 1960s, I thought I was out of the shoals...
Georgia police groups slam Jewish Voice for Peace’s antisemitic “Deadly Exchange” campaign
Two professional associations of police leaders and chief law enforcement officers in Georgia have condemned the virulently anti-Israel and undeniably antisemitic “Deadly Exchange” campaign.