Published: 1 September 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
‘Black Lives Matter’ declare groups representing majority of US Jews in NYT ad (Times of Israel)
Over 600 Jewish organisations sign letter published on anniversary of March on Washington backing ‘current day Civil Rights Movement’
Ten-page summary of new Movement for Black Lives platform contains no mention of Israel, four years after divisive condemnation (JTA)
Four years ago, the Movement for Black Lives put out a platform that, among a long list of detailed policy recommendations, accused Israel of genocide.
Several major Jewish organizations expressed their outrage and put out statements condemning the platform. This Friday, the Movement for Black Lives is convening a Black National Convention, where it’s going to unveil another policy platform. A 10-page summary of the 2020 platform obtained by the JTA contains no mention of Israel, Zionism, Palestinian rights or the movement to boycott Israel.
A representative of the Movement for Black Lives who spoke with JTA could not say for certain whether the full platform would include any mention of Israel.
But to hundreds of Jewish organizations across the country, that question doesn’t seem to matter as much as it used to.
Beyond good intentions (Jewish Currents)
Organisers of the Not Free to Desist campaign discuss their efforts to push Jewish institutions to embrace anti-racism
Anti-Semitism institute halts activities in support of African-Americans (Jerusalem Post)
ISGAP is an institute devoted to scholarly research on the origins, processes, and manifestations of global anti-Semitism
Photo: The NYT ad
