Last year, a list circulated online targeting “#Zionist” #authors for a #boycott. Dozens of #blacklisted #writers, nearly all #Jews, had been condemned for infractions as slight as expressing concern for #Jewish friends after the #October7, 2023, #Hamas invasion of #Israel.
The #blacklist titled “Is your fav author a Zionist?” came amid a series of other incidents against Jewish authors, some before the start of the war, that together marked a turning point for #antisemitism in the #publishing industry, said Naomi Firestone-Teeter, the CEO of Jewish #Book Council, a #NewYork-based group that supports Jewish #literature.
"It was one thing after another. And it was like, ‘Okay, this is bad. This is different. This is different this time,'” Firestone-Teeter said.
The council has launched a series of initiatives to push back against that surge in antisemitism."
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-book-subscription-program-pushes-back-against-publishing-industry-antisemitism/