"#AbrahamFoxman, the former national director of the #AntiDefamationLeague, passed away aged 86 on Sunday.

The #funeral service is set to be held at Park Avenue #synagogue in #NewYorkCity on Tuesday and will be live-streamed.

The #ADL mourned the passing of #Foxman, who served as the organization's head from 1987 until 2015, after which he was succeeded by Jonathan Greenblatt and assumed an emeritus role.

“#America and the #Jewish people have lost a moral voice, a passionate advocate for the Jewish people and the state of Israel, and a remarkable leader,” Greenblatt said of his predecessor in a Sunday statement.

“Abe Foxman was an iconic Jewish leader who embraced the ideal of an America free from #antisemitism and hate and who strongly believed that these scourges could be defeated if good people opposed it.”

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-895720

Quoting Julian Casablancas of The Strokes:

[…] “American Zionists get the benefits of white privileged people but talk like they are Black people during slavery.”

https://stereogum.com/2496586/julian-casablancas-sounds-off-on-american-zionists-on-subwaytakes/news

I guess the “controversial” part is the blunt, racialized analogy and the sweeping category of “American Zionists,” not the observation that Zionists in the U.S. are often privileged and complicit. #AIPAC, #ADL, Miriam Adelson… when you pay for access to influence U.S. foreign policy, you can’t simultaneously claim to be a victim. Not after the #Nakba, and certainly not after the Gaza genocide.

#aipac #idl #nakba #zionism #gazagenocide #uspol #antisemitism