Tag: HAARETZ

The Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley Firing of Rabbi has Antisemitic Tone

January 15, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, January 15, 2024. Last week I spoke to Rabbi Jane Litman, the first openly LGBTQ person to be admitted to a rabbinical seminary, recently fired by The Pacific School of Religion, the context and circumstances of which scream antisemitism.  HAARETZ posted an article about the firing by Judy maltz on January 12, … More The Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley Firing of Rabbi has Antisemitic Tone

Filmmakers Try to Shut Down LGBTQI Israel Film Festival

March 7, 2020

Over 100 LGBT Filmmakers Abroad Call for Boycott of Tel Aviv LGBTQI  Film Festival Haaretz is reporting that more than 100 LGBT filmmakers abroad have signed a petition calling for a boycott of the annual LGBT film festival in Tel Aviv, TLVFest, out of solidarity with the struggle by the Palestinian queer community. What a … More Filmmakers Try to Shut Down LGBTQI Israel Film Festival

BDS Protest Triggers Calls to Kill South African Jews

March 12, 2015

The BDS movement is clearly now a tool for anti-Semitism By Melanie Nathan, March 12, 2015. Threatening to kill South African Jews is surely not the South Africa Mandela would have endorsed. Unfortunately the BDS movement in South Africa is causing anti-Semitic terror.  Reports have emerged from Johannesburg, that Protesters chanted anti-Semitic slogans and threatened … More BDS Protest Triggers Calls to Kill South African Jews