MR Begs American Jews: Stop Empowering People Who Hate You. Brandeis Edition.

By
Omri Ceren
– March 21, 2007Posted in: Jewish Politics

We’ve caught some flack recently for painting liberal American Jews with an overly broad brush. Just to be clear: we don’t think that the liberal American Jews woh we criticize are as bad as the lunatics in ANSWER – or even anything close. But we do think that they’re so hopelessly naive and fetishistically politically correct that they end up empowering some pretty vicious anti-Zionism. Today’s example comes courtesy of the ZOA, via CampusJ:

Brandeis University’s Crown Center for Middle East Studies has drawn the ire of the Zionist Organization of America over an “essay, penned by senior fellow Khalil Shikaki and published by the center,” which called “for the release of former Fatah party leader Marwan Barghouti-who in 2004 was convicted of murder in Israel.” Morton Klein, the president of the Zionist Organization of America, seized upon the essay as further proof that donors should reconsider their financial support for the University. Klein wrote in a press release last month that it “simply reinforces ZOA’s outstanding call that donors to Brandeis should reconsider giving money” to the University.

Stop it. Just stop it, OK?

References:
* Brandeis Criticized by Zionist Organization of America [CampusJ]

Previously:
* 4 Out Of 5 American Jews Agree – Self-Destruction Really Does Taste Better
* Academics Who Attack Israel are Brave if Brave Means "Doing Things All Your Collegues Who Agree With You Will Tell You That You Were Brave for Doing"
* What You Get When You Vote For Democrats – Why Would John Edwards Say Something As Stupid As "Israel Is the Greatest Threat To World Peace"?

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