This Week From the CAM Partner Network: The Fight Goes On

In the week following the Amnesty International report that singled out and defamed the Jewish state with the “apartheid” libel, organizations and individuals around the world continued their work combating antisemitism on the ground and fighting the spread of Jew-hatred in mainstream discourse. 

New reports also revealed the disturbing scope of the antisemitism in the nation of France and on college campuses worldwide.

Here is a sampling of what CAM partners were up to this week:

Partner Achievements

A Wider Bridge — Celebrating 10 years in operation, A Wider Bridge has served the LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ Jewish community in Israel and worldwide. To many more years!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our 10th Anniversary Celebration last night!

We are especially thankful to those who gave of their time, talent, and resources to make our event such a success.

Here’s to many more great events in the future! 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

— A Wider Bridge (@AWiderBridge) February 1, 2022

JCC Krakow — For International Holocaust Remembrance Day, JCC Krakow hosts Holocaust survivors for a virtual discussion on their inspirational stories of survival during the war and life after the Holocaust. Watch the full recording:

World Jewish Congress — President Ronald S. Lauder announces the establishment of a Security Advisory Council (SAC) to coordinate better with business and legal leaders as antisemitism continues to threaten Jewish communities around the world.

Read more here.

Recommended Reading

American Jewish Committee (AJC) — A new report published by the AJC reveals the deeply concerning state of antisemitism in France, with nearly 75% of French Jews reporting that they have been a victim of an antisemitic act.

Read more here.

AMCHA Initiative — Director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin discusses the dangerous antisemitic double standards Jewish students face on college campuses.

Read more here.

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) — With the government of Quebec announcing a $20 million investment in the Montreal Holocaust Museum (MHM), CIJA publishes a press release on the investment decision, nothing how the expansion will help address rising antisemitism in Canada and promote Holocaust education.

Read more here.

IMPACT-SE — While UAE schools have adapted their textbooks to remove antisemitic rhetoric and tropes, IMPACT-SE continues to uncover how PA school textbooks retain texts that call for violence against Jews.

Read more here.

Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) — In relation to Amnesty International’s report, IBSI Founder and CEO Pastor Dumisani Washington expresses his concern and disapproval of the weaponizing of the “Black experience” to spread antisemitism.

Read more here.

Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA) — In an op-ed featured in The Irish Times, IIA Director Jackie Goodall expresses how Amnesty International’s antisemitic report that singled out Israel falsified historical facts to push an anti-Israel narrative.

Read more here.

The Lawfare Project — In a Washington Post Op-ed, Executive Director Brooke Goldstein explains her deep concern over the threat of antisemitism today, especially following the forced Holocaust enactment at a DC elementary school at the end of 2021.

Read more here.

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) — The Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis highlights the support of BDS activists for convicted terrorist Aafia Siddiqui.

Read more here.

World Jewish Congress — President Ronald S. Lauder offers to provide free copies of “Maus” in the Tennessee school district that banned the book. He also rebuked Whoopi Goldberg for her claim that the Holocaust was “not about race.”

Read more here.

Campaigns to Support

HonestReporting — Following its tweet to Encyclopedia Britannica over an inaccurate definition of antisemitism, which previous included discrimination against “other Semitic peoples,” Britannica updated the definition to specifically refer to Jews as a religious or racial group. The historical reference for the term, originating in Germany prior to World War II, was also included.

Read more here.

JewBelong — Following neo-Nazi demonstrations in Orlando, Florida, last weekend, the JewBelong billboard campaign to #EndJewHate has expanded to include the Sunshine State. Boston, New York, Las Vegas, and San Francisco have already seen the pink billboards calling for an end of antisemitism pop up.

Read more here.

Jewish On Campus — According to the latest Campus Antisemitism Annual Report produced by Jewish On Campus, nearly 75% of antisemitic incidents that occurred in colleges and universities took place in-person, despite a majority of courses taking place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Read more here.