Saturday, February 27, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
JCPA Taking Direct Aim at Anti-Israel Boycotters - 'With anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions efforts gaining visibility, the Jewish community’s main public-policy coordinating body is for the first time confronting the BDS movement as a specific and stated priority. At its recent annual plenum, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs passed a resolution stating that BDS should now "be regarded with the utmost seriousness and urgency." "This is a very serious matter," JCPA's executive director, Rabbi Steve Gutow, told the Forward. “We need to wake up, whether we are on the right, left or center."...'