{"id":71073,"date":"2015-07-15T14:28:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T22:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=71073"},"modified":"2015-07-15T14:28:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T22:28:13","slug":"is-fighting-anti-semitism-an-adl-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=71073","title":{"rendered":"Is Fighting Anti-Semitism An ADL Priority?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonathan Bronitsky writes<\/a>: I want the ADL to revisit and clarify its mission. \u201cThe nation\u2019s premier civil rights\/human relations agency,\u201d asserts that it \u201cfights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry\u201d; not just \u201call forms of bigotry,\u201d but \u201canti-Semitism\u201d and then \u201call forms of bigotry.\u201d Yet as murderous anti-Semitism around the globe has surged in recent years, the ADL has dedicated itself more and more to matters of social justice in America (e.g., immigration, women\u2019s reproductive health, economic \u201cprivilege\u201d) that are already being pursued by a plethora of lobbying outlets and activist foundations. This wouldn\u2019t be problematic\u2014or rather, duplicitous\u2014per se. But the ADL loudly and incessantly bemoans the fact that Jews are living in an increasingly dangerous world. \u201cThirty or forty years ago,\u201d I heard over and over again at the National Leadership Summit, \u201cI couldn\u2019t have imagined that Jews would be getting shot dead in the streets of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, resources are limited. Is combatting anti-Semitism a \u201cpriority\u201d for the ADL? If so, then the organization should put its money where its mouth is. Alas, this outcome seems ever more unlikely as it seeks to enforce group conformity and advance political agendas that have nothing to do with defending the Jewish people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jonathan Bronitsky writes: I want the ADL to revisit and clarify its mission. \u201cThe nation\u2019s premier civil rights\/human relations agency,\u201d asserts that it \u201cfights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry\u201d; not just \u201call forms of bigotry,\u201d but \u201canti-Semitism\u201d and then … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1361,605],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adl","category-anti-semitism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t