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The ADL’s Soros, Hamas and Hitler Anti-Israel Conference - Greenfield
FrontPageMag ^ | January 25, 2019 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 01/26/2019 10:41:44 AM PST by Louis Foxwell

The ADL’s Soros, Hamas and Hitler Anti-Israel Conference

The ADL is becoming a threat to Jews.

January 25, 2019

Daniel Greenfield

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

Jonathan Greenblatt introduced the ADL’s Never is Now 2018 conference with a full-throated defense of George Soros. It was a strange decision for an organization that had once criticized the radical anti-Israel billionaire’s defenses of anti-Semitism. But under Greenblatt, a former Obama official, the ADL had turned sharply to the left and Never is Now, the ADL’s big shindig, was a disturbing demonstration.

Greenblatt’s opening remarks at the December conference mentioned Soros twice and Israel only once.

And he did not mention Israel to defend it, but to sell out the Jewish State in defense of Soros.

“If your favorite politician is attacking George Soros,” the ADL boss warned, “you must stand up and tell them to stop. And do so even if they profess love for Israel up and down.”

Israel was less important than Soros. And that’s not surprising coming from Greenblatt, who had formerly headed the Aspen Institute, which had received funding from Soros. Instead of standing up for Israel, Greenblatt was encouraging Jews to pick fights with pro-Israel politicians if they insulted Soros.

The ADL had once condemned Soros for using Israel to justify anti-Semitism, now it was all in on Soros and out on Israel.

And it got worse.

The ADL chose to invite Senator Cory Booker to hand out an award. Booker had not only betrayed Jewish voters by backing Iran’s nuclear program, but just that summer had been caught posing with members of an anti-Israel and pro-terrorist BDS hate group while holding up an anti-Israel sign.

In September, Booker favorably quoted Stokely Carmichael at a Senate hearing. Carmichael had infamously said, "The only good Zionist is a dead Zionist we must take a lesson from Hitler.”

The ADL could have chosen to invite any number of pro-Israel senators, including those who had voted against Iran. Instead it chose to invite a pro-Iran politico who palled around with BDS activists and found inspiration in the words of a black nationalist anti-Semite who praised Adolf Hitler.

So much for Never is Now.

The ADL had not only betrayed the message of Never Again, it put up on its stage a politician who had voted to protect a nuclear program meant to kill millions of Jews and who favorably quoted a racist who advocated another Holocaust.

The ADL couldn’t have betrayed the memory of the Holocaust any more thoroughly if Greenblatt had goosestepped onto the stage while singing the Horst Wessel Lied.

Never is Now 2018 sold out Jews and Israel.

The list of speakers did not include a single official from a major pro-Israel organization. Not even AIPAC. However Jill Jacobs, the head of the militantly anti-Israel T’ruah, was a featured speaker. T’ruah had rallied efforts to force Jewish charities to stop helping Jews living in areas claimed by Islamic terrorists.

While the Never is Now 2018 agenda featured an unambiguous condemnation of any  efforts to combat illegal immigration, its only Israel panel asked, “When is Criticism of Israel anti-Semitism?” while suggesting that there are "some in the Jewish community who label almost all expressions that are deemed 'anti-Israel' as anti-Semitic".

While the ADL was ruthlessly unequivocal on a variety of lefty issues, such as illegal migration or the reputation of George Soros, it was willing to equivocate when it came to attacking the Jewish State.

There was no room for debate on lefty issues. But there was room for debate on hating Israel.

The panel discussing whether hatred of the Jewish State was anti-Semitic featured Jill Jacobs, a hateful opponent of Israel, and Alyza Lewin of the Brandeis Center, the token pro-Israel organization at NIN. Jacobs, along with top T’ruah leaders, had previously signed a letter urging the United States to “to take a cautious stand concerning Hamas” and called for “constructive engagement with the new Palestinian government”.

Some months after T’ruah’s leadership advocated working with Hamas, the Islamic terror group had put out its own proposal for the Jewish people, “My message to the loathed Jews is that there is no god but Allah, we will chase you everywhere! We are a nation that drinks blood, and we know that there is no blood better than the blood of Jews.”

Never is Now is meant to be a reference to the Holocaust. Not only wasn’t the ADL fighting a second Holocaust, it was welcoming in apologists for Islamist monsters who want to drink Jewish blood.

And apologists for anti-Semites of all sorts.

Appearing on an anti-Semitism panel was Jane Eisner, The Forward boss, whose social justice tabloid not only routinely spewed hate toward Israel, but toward Jews in general. On her watch, the formerly Jewish paper had defended the leaders of the Women’s March, Jeremy Corbyn, Farrakhan and a lefty politician who claimed that Jews control the weather.

The ADL had invited a radical bigot whose paper featured pieces with titles worthy of Stormfront such as, "3 Jewish Moguls Among Eight Who Own as Much as Half the Human Race" and  "Why We Should Applaud The Politician Who Said Jews Control The Weather" to discuss anti-Semitism.

Anti-Semitism, like Israel, was also a pro and con issue at the ADL.

Also on the ADL’s list of speakers was Yehuda Webster, a black nationalist activist, the son of a pastor from Guyana, who had declared, “I am very much against state-sponsored oppression in any context in America, in Israel, or in Palestine. I must stand on the side of the people who fight for liberation.”

Webster is an activist with the radical JFREJ hate group which has fought to cover up anti-Semitism on the Left. The foster son of a JFREJ funder had even been caught setting fires in Jewish schools. 

“It’s important for white Jews and Israelis to recognize, yes, the Palestinian-Israeli situation is unique, but still it does play into this global system of white supremacy,” he had argued.

Webster wasn’t the only ADL speaker with a history of accusing Jews of being white supremacists. Joining him was Yavillah McCoy who had declared, “When Jews accepted a white identity in America, they participated in sustaining white supremacy.”

McCoy is associated with Bend the Arc, a radical group headed by Stosh Cotler, an anti-Israel activist.

Instead of inviting activists fighting anti-Semitism, the ADL had instead chosen two leftists associated with anti-Israel groups, who have a history of libeling Jews.

And yet the most obvious thing about Never is Now wasn’t its growing tolerance for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic views. It was how little Jewish content there was in a conference referencing the Holocaust.

There were few representatives of the Jewish community on stage. Instead the ADL brought out obscure lefty activists who, even when they weren’t openly anti-Israel or anti-Semitic, were obscure at best.

Instead of inviting activists who could discuss the rash of anti-Semitic violent attacks against Orthodox Jews in New York City or the Islamic terrorist attacks against Jewish families in Israel, the ADL invited Steph Loehr, a transgender gamer, who fights against integrating voice chat in online video games.

"In my world, the inclusivity-cost of voice chat is very real. The addition of voice chat will push many marginalized players out of the base," Loer claimed.

The ADL doesn’t have the time and the space to confront anti-Semitism, because it’s too busy with more important things. And those things are not the threats to Jews; they are the agendas of the radical Left.

That’s why Greenblatt puts George Soros ahead of Israel.

Once upon a time, the ADL was a Jewish civil rights organization. Now it’s just another generic lefty group that pretends to care about Jewish causes only long enough to fleece some of its donors.

As the Left goes anti-Semitic, the ADL is becoming a threat to Jews.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; War on Terror
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1 posted on 01/26/2019 10:41:44 AM PST by Louis Foxwell
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To: Louis Foxwell

ADL has not seriously helped Jewish citizens solve discrimination problems .. for a number of years. Indeed, I am familiar with a case which the ADL and its attorneys took and then simply ignored, did nothing to help the aggrieved person (and the discrimination was patent, very clear). Didn’t even bother to tell the client they weren’t doing anything to help. ALSO I know a long-term volunteer at ADL (who worked a lot organizing and hosting community-wide events seeking to educate and fight discriminatory attitudes).... who just gave up awhile after the current ADL top brass took the organization over..... couldn’t get support anymore for the efforts, events... ADL no longer interested?
ADL is not the only ‘Jewish’ association that’s gone bad, incidentally.... the SorozNazi types have infiltrated and seized control of several once-respectable, helpful volunteer organizations


2 posted on 01/26/2019 10:50:54 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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3 posted on 01/26/2019 10:53:15 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Whatever happened to defining acronyms in a story?


4 posted on 01/26/2019 11:14:56 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: FatherofFive

ADL = Anti-Defamation League (founded by the Bnai Brith (Sons of the Covenant)Jewish community organization in 1913 to fight anti-Semitism and secure equal rights, access for Jewish people....and since....everybody on earth....which is part of the issue in the posted article, that the new ADL leadership has taken the organization so far into such causes as homosexual rights and rights of other minorities.. that its abandoned, or nearly so, its original purpose...)
BDS = Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions.. is (my description) an anti=Semitic outfit fighting against Jewish rights including Jewish rights in the Jewish Promised Land. They are reported to be partially, at least, funded by the likes of George Soroz (SorozNazi here) who funds dozens and dozens of anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Jewish, anti-western civilization, and anti-moral outfits (including reportedly much of the agiprop against President Trump), and such as, we read, things like homosexualiztion of the Boy Scouts, Occupy Wall Street, Ferguson Missori riots, etc. BDS itself has cropped up several times in the mass media trying to dissuade or prevent people and companies from conducting normal trade or commerce with Israelis/Jews....
as best I can, anyway, that should get your acronym business started on a good path.


5 posted on 01/26/2019 12:04:00 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Louis Foxwell

Bought and paid for.


6 posted on 01/26/2019 12:30:45 PM PST by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: faithhopecharity

A decade ago I contacted a Jewish friend after having some trouble with the ADL verifying some data. At that time Abe Foxman headed the operation, and had done so for years. My friend told me that the ADL was a shadow of its former self and Foxman himself was a weak reed and not to be depended upon. She was right, of course, and now I see this:

Former ADL director: Trump has opened the ‘sewers’ of antisemitism ...
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Antisemitism/Former-ADL-Director-Antisemitism-in-the-US-is-worrying-but-not-critical...
Apr 12, 2018 ... ... States is “worrying, but not critical,” the Former National Director of the ADL ( Anti-Defamation League) Abe Foxman said in an interview with ...


7 posted on 01/26/2019 1:46:45 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: Bookshelf

So who funds the ADL? Who knows?


The Anti-Defamation League is under scrutiny after publishing a “target list” of people they deem to be “alt-right” or “alt-light,” and now one of those named on the list is demanding answers about the organization’s funding. The organization reports that they take in approximately $52 million in funding annually — while paying out over $32 million to their employees, which is over 60%. https://twitter.com/jackposobiec/status/888854711423598593
According to the ADL’s page on the Charity Navigator, they claim to spend 12.0% on administrative assets, 15.9% on fundraising expenses, and 71.9% on program expenses. The website gave the organization one star out of four on their financial spending.
Jonathan Greenblatt reported $168,665 “compensation from affiliates” as the Chief Executive Officer in 2015, while the former National Director Abraham H. Foxman received $446,748.


8 posted on 01/26/2019 1:57:11 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: Bookshelf

I see. Yes, ADL appeared to go straight downhill during his regime there. It’s too bad because a meaningful active effective ADL is sorely ( and increasingly? Needed nowadays, particularly to counter the anti- semitism exuding ( again, alas!) from the far Left end of the political spectrum


9 posted on 01/26/2019 1:58:07 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Louis Foxwell
The ADL could have chosen to invite any number of pro-Israel senators, including those who had voted against Iran. Instead it chose to invite a pro-Iran politico who palled around with BDS activists and found inspiration in the words of a black nationalist anti-Semite who praised Adolf Hitler.... As the Left goes anti-Semitic, the ADL is becoming a threat to Jews.
10 posted on 01/27/2019 1:16:04 AM PST by GOPJ (Jane Fonda spent more time in Vietnam than Nathan Phillips (Chief Ten Teeth))
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The ADL chose to invite Senator Cory Booker to hand out an award. Booker had not only betrayed Jewish voters by backing Iran’s nuclear program, but just that summer had been caught posing with members of an anti-Israel and pro-terrorist BDS hate group while holding up an anti-Israel sign. In September, Booker favorably quoted Stokely Carmichael at a Senate hearing. Carmichael had infamously said, "The only good Zionist is a dead Zionist we must take a lesson from Hitler.” The ADL could have chosen to invite any number of pro-Israel senators, including those who had voted against Iran. Instead it chose to invite a pro-Iran politico who palled around with BDS activists and found inspiration in the words of a black nationalist anti-Semite who praised Adolf Hitler.

11 posted on 01/27/2019 1:22:51 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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ADL is determined to refute the stereotype about Jews being supposedly smart.


12 posted on 01/27/2019 3:11:57 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5
“In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is...in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.” -- Theodore Dalrymple [Wiki attributes this to Anthony Daniels, TD is his nom de plume]

13 posted on 01/27/2019 3:22:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Any relation to Charlie or Jack?


14 posted on 01/28/2019 8:40:24 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: SunkenCiv

But seriously, this is exactly what all the fake news and fake narratives are about. It’s about mass deception and suppressing dissent. We live in scary times.


15 posted on 01/28/2019 8:51:01 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5
Definitely.

16 posted on 01/28/2019 2:56:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Note that this explains the current rioters’ and some protesters’ insistance on the use of the term “systemic racism” , collective white responsibility, total absence of personal resposibility, denial that all lives matter, and the latest thing to stage symbolic kneeling and pleas for forgiveness that are always bound to the “systemic” antiAmerican communist key word.


17 posted on 06/02/2020 11:32:05 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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