Antisemitism is in the mainstream

August 8, 2019 -     BDS is even more dangerous than your run of the mill antisemitism. It radicalizes members of all hate movements, and by cloaking itself in a veneer of “political criticism,” this terrorist-led movement conceals its violent roots and vile aims. Originally published in Arutz Sheva on August 8, 2019. Since 2010, the U.S. Department of State has Read More…

The Nazi-Like Boycott of Jews is a Global Menace

July 23, 2019 -     Article originally published in the Jerusalem Post on July 23, 2019. Abraham Lincoln once said, “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” Since its establishment in 2001 by the major Palestinian terrorist organizations, the Boycott, Divestment, Read More…

The 21st Century Solomon’s Sling: A New Vision for Impact Philanthropy to Combat Antisemitism

July 4, 2019 -     Originally published in eJewishPhilanthropy on July 3, 2019. By Adam Milstein “United we stand, divided we fall.” This common phrase is used to promote unity and collaboration but is often difficult to implement in the world of advocacy, philanthropy, and nonprofits. For instance, many pro-Israel organizations act to achieve similar – sometim Read More…

Antisemitism is Anti-American: Now is the Time to Go on the Offense Against Hate!

January 27, 2019 -     This article was originally published in the Jerusalem Post on January 27, 2019. Antisemitism is the world’s oldest hatred, cultivated across cultures, continents, and centuries by people with many different agendas. It led to the enslavement of Jews in Egypt, forced expulsion during the Spanish Inquisition, pogroms in Poland and Soviet Russia, Read More…

Are we going to allow the Jewish people to be divided and conquered from within?

December 26, 2018 -     This article was originally published in the Jerusalem Post on December 26, 2018. The year 2018 has provided a series of reminders that antisemitism, the world’s oldest hatred, is alive and well in our country. In October, 11 Jews were massacred in Pittsburgh as they prayed on the Sabbath. It is just the latest in a series of violent attacks t Read More…

Antisemites Seek to Destroy Us

November 5, 2018 -     Last Saturday, we witnessed the deadliest attack on American Jews in history. Eleven members of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh were violently murdered because they were Jewish. I was shocked by this horror, but I was not surprised. Antisemitism is as old as the Jewish story itself. We honor the victims of the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah, we Read More…

From Auschwitz to Pittsburgh – How Do We Respond to Rising Anti-Semitism?

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October 30, 2018 -     On Saturday, we witnessed the deadliest attack on American Jews in history. Eleven members of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh were murdered in cold blood because they were Jewish. Like many, I was shocked by this horror, but I was not surprised. The Jewish people have faced the lethal threat of Anti-Semitism for thousands of years — from Read More…

L.A. Teens at Yom NCSY, Club Z Launch Event

August 28, 2018 -     Original article in the Jewish Journal BY RYAN TOROK | PUBLISHED AUG 10, 2018  Thirty-eight Jewish teens from Los Angeles were among about 2,500 NCSY summer program participants who attended Yom NCSY, an evening of celebration and inspiration at the Latrun Tank Museum in Israel on July 25. Many of the L.A. youths traveled with the Anne Samso Read More…

The Grave Danger of Media Bias

August 21, 2018 -     Misinformation matters because media outlets have great power. They shape the way we understand the world and, ultimately, drive our behavior. This past May, the Los Angeles Times ran the headline “A Baby Girl Dies in the Haze of Gaza,” which told a story about eight-month-old Palestinian Layla Ghandour, who was allegedly killed b Read More…

2018 Milstein Family Foundation Campus Allies Mission to Israel

July 9, 2018 -     The Milstein Family Foundation Campus Allies Mission, which is open only to those who have not been to Israel and are not eligible for Birthright Israel, is designed for pro-Israel political activists and student leaders who are non-Jewish. The Milstein Family Foundation Campus Allies Mission, which is open only to those who have not been to Israel Read More…