Kesher Talk

Antisemitism watch. First the good news:

Many new mutations of American anti-Semitism, and in particular its anti-Israeli forms, originate on the campus. Part of the battle against this is undertaken by the classic American Jewish defense organizations. However, much pro-Israel advocacy is carried out by new grassroots faculty groups. One important new initiative is Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. It was founded in 2002 to address the increasing number of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incidents in classrooms and on campus.

Ed Beck, its volunteer president and cofounder, mentions that the founding of SPME was to some extent a reaction to the anti-Semitic events at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Due to a convergence of events around the start of the second Intifada Beck realized that there was no grassroots network of faculty that advocated for Israel on campus. While Beck was monitoring what went on at SFSU he developed a correspondence with Laurie Zoloth, whose Internet description of events there captured the attention of many. He also met Judith Jacobson, who would become SPME Vice President, while monitoring anti-Israel propaganda on a "Professors for Peace" listserv. At the same time, his son was commencing studies at Tel Aviv University. It was in this context that SPME was born.

Intrepid moonbat chronicler Zombie wades into another Bay Area protest, this time against an AIPAC fundraising event. Highlight: pro-Israel activists chanting "Racist, sexist, anti-gay: Islamofascists go away!" Catchy! (Were they any Jewish groups joining the jihad sympathizers? *Sigh* What do you think?)

Has there ever been a Nobel Peace Prize winner who wasn't willing to shill for Jew-haters? Just wondering.

If you want to volunteer for jihad duty in Tehran, you have several options.

UPDATE: Bookmark cleansing, from June '04: more antisemitism from the peace-loving Bay Area. Imshin comments.

Sort of good news on the Anglican front. In a morally-relativistic way. (Previous Israel divestment watch entry here.)

posted by Judith @ 12/20/2004 10:55:34 PM