Israel News | Israel Hayom - www.israelhayom.comMost US Jews feel close to Israel but shy away from the Zionist label
דער קערפער פֿון השם"For years, #ImranAhmed has presented his research on how #techplatforms enable the spread of #antisemitism to receptive audiences across the ideological spectrum.
He’s worked with the #AntiDefamationLeague and #JewishFederations of North America; the latter credits Ahmed with the backbone of much of its own policy proposals[...]
He’s joined #Republicans in advocating for an end to #Section230, a law granting special protections to #socialmedia platforms. During the first #Trump administration, on the strength of his research, the #British-born Ahmed received a priority visa as an “alien of extraordinary ability” — the so-called “#Einsteinvisa,” after the German-born #Jewish physicist.
All of that only added to Ahmed’s befuddlement when, just before Christmas, the current Trump #StateDepartment announced it would be revoking his #visa because of what #SecretaryofState #MarcoRubio tweeted were “egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.”
"The country’s largest #Jewish advocacy groups are downplaying its rise on the right, afraid of appearing partisan and damaging ties with the #Trump administration. At the same time, the Jewish #establishment — the #AntiDefamationLeague, #JewishFederations of #NorthAmerica, the #ConferenceofPresidents and other big institutional players — refuses to acknowledge any distinction between #Jewishidentity and #Zionism, making it difficult to influence the growing share of #Americans whose political turn against #Israel sometimes slips into #antisemitism.
#Progressives, meanwhile, tend to view antisemitism as a secondary or tertiary issue — if not a complete distraction from their priorities. And their work on antisemitism is often stymied by an inability to understand the complex relationship that most American #Jews have with Israel.
So despite Jewish organizations’ massive investment in combating antisemitism..."
