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Behnam Ben Taleblu is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan think-tank in DC where he covers Iranian political and security issues. Mr. Taleblu has worked on the Iran question at FDD for over…
read moreIntroduction The Gaza War has revived BDS resolutions on campus, the shunning of Jews in arts communities, and threats to cut off weapons shipments to Israel. Campuses, politics, and now the arts have become supersaturated with protests for the cause…
read moreIntroduction Due to the ongoing war in Gaza the BDS movement’s targeted opposition to Israel has expanded into massive street protests, threats against politicians, and security crises for Western Jews. Increasingly individual politicians and Jews are being targeted as stand-ins…
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Richard Goldberg is a senior advisor at FDD. From 2019-2020, Richard served as the Director for Countering Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction for the White House National Security Council. He previously served as chief of staff for Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner…
read moreIntroduction The new year began with BDS inspired antisemitism morphing fully into pro-Hamas and anti-capitalist protests. Street protests aimed at institutions regarded as supportive of or supported by Jews, including the White House and hospitals, have been targeted with impunity,…
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Michal Cotler-Wunsh is Israel’s Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and a prominent public speaker, author, researcher, and independent policy and strategy advisor on intersecting issues of antisemitism, law, human rights, and Zionism. Previously, Michal was a member of Israel’s 23rd Knesset.…
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Ammiel Hirsch is the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. Internationally recognized for his leadership in Jewish affairs, Rabbi Hirsch is frequently cited in the media. In 2018, The Jerusalem Post named him among “The 50 Most Influential Jews…
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While pervasive antisemitism on America’s college campuses is nothing new, the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th unleashed a storm of Jew-hatred not seen since Germany in the 1920s and 30s. The aggressive and violent encounters by Jewish students…
read moreAmong the most shocking side effects of Hamas’ horrific October 7th attack on Israel has been to expose the indecency at the heart of the American university. The question is what to do about it. Before the Israeli victims’ blood…
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David E. Bernstein holds a University Professorship chair at the Antonin Scalia Law School, where he has been teaching since 1995. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, Georgetown University, William & Mary, Brooklyn Law…
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