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In January 2016, I became President and CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), the then 70-year-old Jewish advocacy and community relations umbrella group for the American Jewish community. On my first day on the job, the Jewish…
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In recent years, anti-Semitism in the U.S. educational system has been primarily associated with the demonization of Israel at institutions of higher education. Activism that targets Jews and a rise in support for the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)…
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As part of an effort to increase pressure on the Arab League over its boycott of Israel, the Department of Commerce announced on Thursday that it plans to tighten penalties for and increase enforcement of pre-existing anti-boycott laws. Under U.S.…
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Free-speech advocates asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that upheld an Arkansas law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel. Contractors that don’t sign the pledge must reduce their fees by…
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Annie Ernaux, a French author who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, has voiced her support Palestinian-led Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement in the past and called to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest which was held…
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The August 31 letter cites concerns that Morningstar’s subsidiary Sustainalytics, which focuses on ratings and research related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, continues to issue ratings whose anti-Israel bias may be a violation of New York law. “One…
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The president of Amnesty International – France will share the stage with the European coordinator of the BDS National Committee (BNC) at a BDS France event called “How to End the Israeli Apartheid System” on September 10. Jean Claude Samoullier…
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A New York community college determined to have discriminated against Orthodox and Zionist Jews has placed a BDS supporter on its search committee for a diversity officer. Last year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found Kingsborough Community College, its Progressive Faculty…
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A U.S. judge on Monday rejected Ben & Jerry’s attempt to stop its parent Unilever Plc (ULVR.L)from allowing its ice cream to be sold in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which Ben & Jerry’s said undermined its values. U.S. District Judge Andrew…
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The city of Stuttgart has refused to appeal a court verdict ordering officials to re-post to the municipal website the contact information of the country’s most powerful BDS group, the Jewish News Syndicate can first reveal. BDS is an abbreviation…
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