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November 13, 2024

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Rolling Stone About to Publish “Blood Libel” Against My IDF Sons

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, founder of The World Values Network, issued a series of posts on Instagram accusing Rolling Stone magazine of preparing a “hit piece” that will promulgate a “blood libel against my IDF soldier sons.”

In one of the posts, Boteach wrote that he was alerted by Rolling Stone that they were going to run a piece based on “a tiny little NGO that has less than 1000 followers on social media [filing] a war crimes complaint against my two sons fighting in the IDF at the @icc because they were seen praying in Gaza, which, this NGO says, is a war crime … @rollingstone magazine just disgraced itself utterly and exposed themselves as the most disgusting antisemitic newspaper. They’re planning to run the story, which will make them a global laughingstock.”

 

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In an exclusive interview with The Journal, Boteach claimed that a Rolling Stone reporter told him “I posted a picture of Mendy praying in this makeshift synagogue in Gaza, and apparently the allegation is that if you write graffiti somewhere, which some soldier did saying “Synagogue,” that’s a war crime,” Boteach elaborated to the Journal, claiming that when he spoke with Rolling Stone, they could not specify which building the alleged graffiti occurred at or who owned the building in question. “That sounds like an SNL skit.”

Boteach added that the “tiny little NGO” who filed the complaint is the Hind Rajab Foundation; on Oct. 8, the foundation announced in a press release that it had “filed an unprecedented and historic complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against 1,000 Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) soldiers for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Gaza, Palestine.” According to NGO Monitor, the “pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah NGO” is based in Belgium and was established in Sept. 2024.

In a separate Instagram post, Boteach revealed that the journalist who called him is Gabriel Schivone, whom he labeled as a “buffoon” for referring to the International Criminal Court as “the world court” when he called Boteach. Boteach also called Schivone an apparent “arch Israel hater,” noting that “the foremost antisemite in America, Noam Chomsky, who took hundreds of thousands of dollars from Jeffrey Epstein, wrote the forward to his book.” Boteach then chastised Andrew Perez, senior politics editor at Rolling Stone, for contracting “this know-nothing nobody, who barely anyone will even publish, to libel me and my hero sons.”

“Is @rollingstone trying to endanger their lives by highlighting them, the way that fanatical Islamist @mohammedhijabofficial did when he put them God forbid in body bags which we reported to @newscotlandyard and the @fbi?” Boteach asked. He is referencing when he debated YouTuber Mohammed Hijab on Piers Morgan in Nov. 2023; according to the Jewish News, “Boteach claimed that during the debate, Hijab said he’d like to see the rabbi’s IDF son, Mendy, in a body bag. The next day, on Twitter/X, Hijab posted a picture of what seemed to be a wrapped up body, next to a shovel, with the line ‘make sure that you apply the same discount to the funeral body bags for your terrorist IDF son Mendy. Promo-code Human-shield.’” Boteach told The Jewish News at the time that “he had reported the posts to the appropriate U.S. authorities, including the FBI.

“Goes without saying it’s going to be an honor owning @rollingstone after this blood libel comes out,” Boteach’s Instagram post continued. “We are going to hit them by every legal means necessary.”

 

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“If there is any fact that is not true, that endangers their safety or libels their reputations forever, of course I’ll take legal action,” Boteach told the Journal, adding that the story will likely be “completely wrong and we will hit them with a $100 million lawsuit.”

It’s particularly personal for Boteach, who was written about extensively in Rolling Stone when he endorsed John Fetterman (D-Pa.) over his Republican opponent, Mehmet Oz, during the 2022 midterm elections. Boteach did this despite Oz being a close friend because during the campaign, Oz would not recognize the Armenian genocide. “Rolling Stone magazine wrote a bunch of stories about how surprising it was that Rabbi Shmuley turned on his friend Oprah, on Mehmet Oz and everybody connected to his campaign to endorse this nobody Fetterman against the most famous doctor in the world all because of the Armenian genocide,” Boteach said. “So it’s not like I’m not known to Rolling Stone, they know me well … now it looks like they want to accuse me and my sons of aiding and abetting genocide.”

He added: “Why would Rolling Stone pick up a story from a journalist who does not work for them, he is only a freelancer with zero following … and publish a story that has no verification? They don’t know the address of the building … they don’t know who spray-painted it, they don’t know if the synagogue was set up by the IDF, they don’t know anything. So the question is, why is Rolling Stone doing this? Answer: they are trying to silence, attack, defame the person whom the media refers to as the most famous rabbi in America, to shut me up, and to potentially endanger my sons’ lives. Because it’s a thousand soldiers on that list, and they picked two, Mendy and Yosef Boteach … they go after the two soldiers where the complaint is they spray-painted the word ‘synagogue’? Are you kidding me?”

Jonathan Conricus, former Israel Defense Force spokesman and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense and Democracies, told The Journal regarding the Hind Rajab Foundation complaint as a whole: “These nonsensical allegations amount to less than heresy and are as baseless, fabricated and void as the sham organization that concocted them. The real and only perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity are Hamas terrorists who raped, burned, murdered and abducted hundreds of Israeli civilians in a premeditated attack on Oct. 7, not the soldiers of the only democracy in the Middle East, which is fighting for its very survival against genocidal jihadists in adherence to humanitarian law. This attempt to smear Israeli soldiers with dual nationality is yet another transparent act of distorted lawfare by Hamas and its supporters, probably funded by shady middle eastern money.

“These nonsensical allegations amount to less than heresy and are as baseless, fabricated and void as the sham organization that concocted them.”– Jonathan Conricus

“The mere fact that a once reputable publication like the Rolling Stone chose to lend these baseless allegations credibility by reporting on their insignificant actions places serious questions regarding the editorial standards and journalistic integrity of what used to be a beacon of investigate and interesting writing. Sad to see the Rolling Stone doing the footwork of terrorist organizations. Regardless, these allegations are false, unfounded, fail to meet event the basic standards of international law, and are just another politically motivated and desperate attempt to weaken the resolve of Israel to defend itself. This attempt too shall fail.”

Schivone, Perez and Rolling Stone did not immediately respond to the Journal’s requests for comment.

This is a developing story.

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Campus Watch November 13, 2024

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Two Jewish Students Assaulted at DePaul University

Two Jewish students were assaulted at DePaul University on Nov. 6 while expressing support for Israel.

The two students were reportedly attacked from behind by two masked men; one of them (who served in the Israel Defense Force) suffered a concussion and the other suffered a fractured wrist. One of the victims, Max Long, told ABC7 WLS that he took “quite a beating while I was on the ground.” Local police are considering the incident a hate crime.

The other victim, Michael Kaminsky, told WLS: “They may have tried to physically attack us, they may have hurt us, but our spirits aren’t broken. If we don’t have conversations, then nothing gets resolved.”

Columbia Students Hold “Martyrs Day” Protest on Veteran’s Day

A group of Columbia University student protesters held a “Martyr’s Day” demonstration on Nov. 11, Veteran’s Day.

According to The New York Post, a flyer for Martyrs Day protest stated that “Veterans Day is an American holiday to honor the patriotism, love of country, and sacrifice of veterans. We reject this holiday and refuse to celebrate it. The American war machine should not be honored for the horrors unleashed on others. Instead, we will celebrate Martyrs Day in honor of those martyred by the Israel-US war machine. A day to honor the patriotism, love of country, and sacrifice of those martyrs.” The protesters sat on the lawn in front of the university library.

Around 30 students (some of whom are veterans) responded to the protest by planting American flags where the Martyrs Day protest was going to be held and then threw around a football and played music. Air Force veteran Sam Nains, a Columbia graduate student, told the Post that their “main goal was to take oxygen away from” the Martyrs Day protest and instead “focus on the veterans who are celebrating Veterans Day at the Veterans Day Parade.” “We weren’t provoking anyone,” he added. “We weren’t insulting. We had faculty members give us the middle finger. We had students with keffiyehs on their faces trying to intimidate us. But we kept our composure. That just to me really spoke to the unsung heroism of the veterans.”

UMich Faculty Senate Censures Regents Over “Climate of Repression” on Anti-Israel Protests

The University of Michigan Faculty Senate censured the Board of Regents over the university’s handling of anti-Israel protests, which the censure said resulted in a “climate of repression.”

The censure motion, which passed by a vote of 1,487-559 with 255 abstentions on Nov. 8, stated: “The Regents have fostered a climate of repression at the university, by authorizing police violence against students; the use of chemical irritants against students, faculty, and staff at protests; hiring private security which have maintained a presence on campus since the spring; increased surveillance and intimidation of students on and off campus; enlisting Student Life staff in the policing of students; and disciplinary action, campus bans, employment bans, and formal criminal charges to repress student activism and political speech on campus.” The motion also criticized the regents for implementing an institutional neutrality bylaw before it was reviewed by the Senate.

Convicted Terrorist to Teach Social Justice at Canadian University

A man who has been convicted of bombing a Paris synagogue in 1980 is reportedly teaching a social justice course at Carleton University in Ontario, Canada.

The Algemeiner reported that Hassan Diab, a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group, was sentenced to life in prison by a French court over the bombing, which killed four people and injured dozens of others. Diab has denied being behind the bombing and the university’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology has called for Canada to reject France’s request for extraditing Diab, as the department believes he is innocent. B’nai Brith Canada said in a statement that the university’s “decision to continue to employ Diab not only presents a danger to the well-being of its students, but it is an insult to the memory of innocent victims of his heinous crime and an affront to all Canadians who value law and order.”

MLA Rejects Vote on BDS Resolution

The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Executive Council unanimously rejected a resolution supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, blocking it from going to a vote before the MLA Delegate Assembly.

MLA Executive Director Paula Krebs told InsideHigherEd in a Nov. 6 article that the reasoning was because the organization has contracts with states with laws barring the government from conducting business with entities that engage in boycotts, as well as private institutions that have similar rules in place. “To carry out our mission, we depend on these contracts with state institutions,” she said. “They’re absolutely key to our operations, and that’s a difference between us and why we can’t do this but the Middle East Studies Association could, for example.” Krebs still expects “a very lively discussion” on the matter during the MLA Delegate Assembly’s convention in New Orleans.

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Is It Ever “In” to Be Old?

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Is it even a question? For the first time in history, women who remember when it was a crime to wear pants to school are redefining what it looks and feels like to be way past menopause. Unlike our quaint grandmas, my generation is dying its hair purple, promenading in zany outfits like characters in a Willy Wonka movie, and chucking our homes to wander the world alone.

These days, women who still have a hustle start fashion blogs with names like “That’s Not My Age,” and Mother Of, an Instagram account specializing in photos of mature women searching for the perfect dress for a child’s wedding—mission impossible. Boutique cosmetic brands like RMS or Jones Road hire post-menopausal spokeswomen who bravely stare into the camera au naturel. They tell us that old skin is different from young skin. Really? That’s why I need their products.

When did it become so in to be old? Social media has blown up “old age” and sprinkled it like pixie dust all over the culture. The message is that you can be a beauty or an athlete at any age, just do the work. As a result we are a generation of confused grannies who can’t relax. We insist on trekking in Scotland, walking on glaciers or playing competitive pickleball. We’re no longer content to play Mah Jong when we’re not babysitting the grandkids. All of which annoys our new vice president J.D. Vance, who has said that “caring for grandchildren is the whole purpose of the post-menopausal woman.” In what century?

Yet, in our new old culture, is there a mature woman in Los Angeles who has not considered intrusive skin treatments, miracle face creams, or cosmetic surgery by age 50? All of the options are out there, and much younger women are taking advantage of the science, including 12-year-olds. My dermatologist runs down the menu of rejuvenating services every time I have a mole removed, daring me to just say “no.” But I’m skeptical about aging backward. Besides isn’t the whole point of the new old that we’re just as beautiful as the young—we just look different?

Then again, if it’s so cool to be old why is there such a huge anti-aging industry? I’m not referring to the dreamers who believe they will live forever with the help of pharmaceuticals. I’m talking about the major cosmetic companies marketing products with names like  “Regenerative Bright Reveal Omni-Essence Anti-Aging Creme” to gullible grandmas. When I see fading beauties like Isabelle Rossellini, Helen Mirren and Andie MacDowell smile for the camera, I immediately disconnect. Don’t they rely on a huge team of professionals to maintain their glowing looks for the camera? Weren’t they born with extraordinary beauty?

I do adore what Glenn Close does online. In her Instagram feed, she often posts photos of herself with hair disheveled, no eye makeup, and a puffy face from jet-lag. I love the contrast when she then posts ultra-glamour shots in drama queen makeup and a chic designer gown. It’s a sly wink at the powers of transformation by a legendary actress. And she’s still working! On a recent trip to Paris I met a mature professional model who shared that her agent advised her to let her hair go white and cut it short to get work in the expanding wrinkle cream market. Good news for the non-celebs!

Now that old is in, of course, the young are co-opting us. I’m not sure if they’re millennials, X, Y, or Zs—but women are in a rush to claim older age. When author Miranda July released “All Fours” her latest novel to great acclaim, I had to read it. In a story marketed as “the first great peri-menopause novel” she describes a woman stuck in her middle years. She questions everything: the monotony of marriage, child care, domesticity. To break out, she sets off on a road trip to nowhere, an excuse for exploring her sexuality while her nice husband makes their son’s school sandwiches. I had to laugh. There were several grains of truth in it.

But then I got annoyed. At 45 with one child in middle school, isn’t her old age a bit premature? What exactly does this character know about being old other than a few sags or tiny wrinkles?

What’s the rush? My advice to all you wannabes out there: You can’t really imagine what aging feels like until you are in your 60s. By your 70s you’ll really know what it feels like. Until then, enjoy the time!

Los Angeles food writer Helene Siegel is the author of 40 cookbooks, including the “Totally Cookbook” series and “Pure Chocolate.” She runs the Pastry Session blog. 

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Or Amsalam: Lodge Bread, Baking Bread and Shakshuka Recipe

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Chef Or Amsalam has always been obsessed with bread.

“I loved finding great bread as a kid and also later on in my professional life in kitchens,” Amsalam told the Journal. “Towards the end of my cooking career, I started doing some private cheffing and I just couldn’t find the type of bread that I wanted, so I just started making bread.”

The Los Angeles native, who served in the military before pursuing his culinary dreams at Le Cordon Bleu, is a two-time James Beard Award semifinalist and founder of Lodge Bread Co.

“Bread has always been a staple in my household,” Amsalam said. “Growing up in an Israeli Moroccan family, we ate bread with virtually everything: we ate bread with rice, we ate bread with potatoes, [we ate] bread with bread.”

Amsalam said his earliest – and fondest – memories of bread and food were in Israel at his aunts’ homes.

“When we would come in and sit down for a Shabbat lunch or dinner, the tables were filled with salatim (salad), different pickles and things to eat with bread,” he said. “Somebody was always making challah, so it was always important for me to find good bread with any food that I was serving.”

He believes bad bread can really ruin a dish.

“If you’re eating shakshuka, and the bread is no good, it just kind of dulls it all down,” he said. Amsalam’s shakshuka recipe is below.

Part of why he loves baking bread so much, Amsalam said, is because it seems like such a simple thing, but it is a daily challenge.

The secret to making bread?

“It’s a lot of repetition, but also just having faith in the recipe that you’re following and understanding that bread takes time to develop,” he said. “Your dough is not going to feel right in the beginning.”

Amsalam explained that people tend to add more flour or water, or they knead it more because the dough is not right. That’s not the solution.

“[Let] the bread develop in the right time and [don’t mess] with it too much,” he said. “And just keep going even if you fail, because you will fail when you make bread at home.”

He added, “We still fail in the bakery plenty, so understanding that failure is only a way to learn and to grow is very important in bread making.”

When they do a bread class at their bakery, people are often shocked by where the dough starts versus how it ends up after some time. The first step is mixing the flour and water and then letting it rest.

“Avoid that urge to add more flour because you feel like it is too sticky or too wet or needs to resemble more like a finished dough,” Amsalam said. “It’s just never going to feel that way until it has time for the gluten to develop and the grain to hydrate properly.”

Even after 30 or 45 minutes of letting the flour hydrate changes the dough a lot and makes it easier to work with.

While the end result is definitely worth it, not everyone loves to bake and that’s okay.

“You can’t force somebody to enjoy cooking or baking; some people look at it almost like a chore,” Amsalam said. “Instead of enjoying the moment of cooking, enjoying what it brings.

“When people sit at a table and actually enjoy the food that’s made, sometimes it inspires me to make a larger meal or something that I haven’t made in a long time just because I like how it brings people together.”

Lodge Bread has locations in Culver City and Woodland Hills; the Pico bakery and cafe closes November 18. The new location in Beverly Hills opens November 22.

Learn more at LodgeBread.com and follow @LodgeBreadCo on Instagram.

National Homemade Bread Day is November 17. For more on baking bread at home, Amsalam recommends “Tartine Bread” by Chad Robertson and “Josey Baker Bread.”

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SHAKSHUKA

Photo by Jakob Layman

1 bag sweet peppers, de-stemmed and chopped

2 yellow onions, large dice

1 jalapenos, de-stemmed and chopped

8-10 cloves garlic, minced

2 TBSP c brown sugar

½  cup grapeseed oil

1.5 TBSP salt

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2 TBSP sweet paprika

1 #10 can whole peeled tomatoes

In a large saute pan sweat the onions in the grapeseed oil until translucent.

Add the garlic, jalapeno and peppers and continue to sweat on medium heat.  After roughly 5 minutes add the brown sugar, salt and paprika. Stir to fully incorporate.

Add the tomatoes (crush the tomatoes by hand in a bowl before adding) and bring heat down to a simmer.

Cook partially covered for roughly 1 hour until the sauce becomes thick and season to taste if needed.

To prepare the finished dish- Add approximately 6-8 whole eggs to your stew and simmer covered for approximately 10 minutes until eggs are runny in the center. You can adjust cook time based on your preference.

Top with maldon salt and fresh herbs and enjoy with fresh bread or pita.

Debra Eckerling is a writer for the Jewish Journal and the host of “Taste Buds with Deb.” Subscribe on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform. Email Debra: tastebuds@jewishjournal.com.

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From Schumer to Shomer to Shlemiel

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Senator Chuck Schumer has a line he likes to use in speaking to Jewish groups: his surname is a reference to the Hebrew word “shomer,” meaning “guardian.” He would be, he said, Israel’s guardian, protecting it from the far-left and far-right alike. The German version of that surname, according to FamilySearch.org, means “good-for-nothing.” In the latter years of his career, Schumer was less the former and more the latter, which is why he led his party to defeat.

Schumer has placed his political ambition above every other cause — above Israel, and above the United States. That is why his position on Israel became more untenable over time: he tried to bridge the growing divide between traditional pro-Israel liberals and anti-Israel radicals in his party. Instead of confronting the haters, he appeased them, fearing a loss of support in his caucus, or a primary challenge. In the end, while accepting everything, he stood for nothing.

The first signs of slippage occurred during the controversy over President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran in 2015. Schumer made a clear and articulate case against the deal, writing in an online essay: “If Iran’s true intent is to get a nuclear weapon, under this agreement, it must simply exercise patience. After ten years, it can be very close to achieving that goal.” He noted that Iran would receive billions of dollars with which to support terror.

But while he knew the Iran deal was bad, Schumer refused to whip fellow Democrats against it. And when the ultimate test came, when the Senate had the opportunity to turn down the deal under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, Schumer and the Democrats filibustered. They would not even allow a vote. China and Russia got a vote, at the UN Security Council; the American people did not. As a result, Obama was able to impose the deal on the world.

When President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Schumer led the so-called “resistance” in the Senate, holding back the new administration’s appointees and threatening Trump that the nation’s intelligence agencies had “six ways from Sunday” to attack him. When it came to Israel, Schumer refused to attend the opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem; he and his party even stayed away from a celebration held by the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.

Schumer also threatened the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020: “I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you, if you go forward with these awful decisions.” His rhetoric was so inflammatory that Chief Justice John Roberts felt compelled to respond. Later that year, Black Lives Matter riots did erupt — often targeting Jewish businesses and synagogues.

But it was as Senate Majority Leader that Schumer did the most damage to the pro-Israel cause and to the Jewish community. After the October 7 terror attacks, which unleashed a torrent of antisemitism at universities and in cities like New York, Schumer did almost nothing. He gave a widely-praised speech, in which he acknowledged that much of the antisemitism was coming from the left, but he also took gratuitous swipes at the Israeli government.

In March 2024, Schumer took to the Senate floor to demand that the Israeli people oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office — in the middle of a war in which Hamas terrorists, holding hundreds of Israelis captive, were making the same demand. It was a shocking attempt to interfere in Israel’s internal democratic politics, and it earned Schumer a rebuke from the leaders of mainstream Jewish organizations, normally inclined to deference toward Democrats.

Over in the Republican-controlled House, the Education and Workforce Committee held one hearing after another on campus antisemitism, forcing university presidents to explain their inaction. Several were forced to resign after their public equivocations. But in the Senate, Schumer would not allow a single hearing until September, when Democrats tried to lecturethe county about why rampant antisemitism should not be prioritized above other forms of hatred.

Last month, the House report on campus antisemitism included shocking text messages from former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik in which she reported that Schumer had reassured her team that only Republicans cared about the issue.

Last month, the House report on campus antisemitism included shocking text messages from former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik in which she reported that Schumer had reassured her team that only Republicans cared about the issue. She added that a Schumer staffer had said “that [the] best strategy is to keep heads down” and ignore the antisemitism issue. Shafik was later forced to resign, as were several other senior Columbia officials.

Schumer will now return to the opposition benches. He may try, as Nancy Pelosi once did, to keep control of his caucus even in defeat, but he lacks her political skill and ruthlessness. He is the longest-serving Senator in the history of New York, but there are younger Democrats eying his seat. Perhaps he might, in the past, have counted on the support of the Jewish community. But he wasn’t there for them, or for Israel. Once a “shomer,” Schumer will end as a shlemiel.

Joel B. Pollak is senior editor-at-large at Breitbart News in Los Angeles. 

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The Artists Against Antisemitism 2024 Auction is OPEN

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The Artists Against Antisemitism kicks off its second annual auction on Nov. 13, 2024

by Lisa Barr and Julie Satow

Artists Against Antisemitism is an organization comprised of prominent authors and artists who are raising funds to combat hate and increase antisemitism education across North America.

With the surge of antisemitism worldwide—especially in the art world, where blacklists, harassment, cancellations, violence, review bombing, and letter campaigns have become trendy and mainstreamed, The Artists Against Antisemitism (AAA) is fighting back.

The organization, founded by bestselling authors and prominent artists in the wake of October 7th, is hosting its second annual auction from November 13-20th. Funds raised from this year’s action will benefit, in part, Project Shema, a program that will help train facilitators to run antisemitism 101 awareness events for companies and organizations across North America, as well as toward special projects to supply antisemitism awareness training sessions for bookstores, libraries, museums, galleries, studios, news outlets, and other arts organizations in need.

“This is our way to create a safe space for Jewish artists and allies to come together and be proactive. We’re offering connection, support, and a vibrant community joining together to make a difference,” says bestselling author and the organization’s co-president Jill Santopolo.

On the heels of the tremendous success of The Artists Against Antisemitism’s inaugural auction last December, raising more than $120,000 to fight antisemitism in the US, this year’s lineup features more than 300 fabulous items including goods, services and experiences from celebrities, bestselling authors, chefs, artists, and experts in their fields. Some of the hot ticket times include donations from Regina Spektor, Chelsea Clinton, Mayim Bialik, Henry Winkler, Lily Tomlin, Jenny Slate, Mark Feuerstein, Martin Fletcher, and Laraine Newman of SNL fame, plus VIP Tickets to the Tonight Show, DC United (with a locker room visit), Broadway tickets (Left on Tenth, written by Delia Ephron, starring Juliana Margulies)—and of course, book clubs, dinners, and personal conversations and Zooms with bestselling authors and artists.

“In the days following Oct. 7th, this organization gave our 33 founding members strength and community when we felt hopeless,” explains bestselling author Alison Hammer, co-president of The Artists Against Antisemitism. “This auction is our way for the arts community to stand up to hate, and channel our pain into something productive to raise awareness and create a platform that combats antisemitism by spreading love and light.”

The Artists Against Antisemitism is a 501(c)(3) founded by a group of authors in the aftermath of October 7th, to raise awareness of antisemitism in the arts, promote education about Jewish history and culture, celebrate Jewish artists, and unite the artistic community to build a kinder, brighter, more understanding future.

Auction website: www.theartistsagainstantisemitism.com/auction

Auction Dates/Times: 

Bidding starts Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 12pm EST

Bidding closes Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 6pm EST

Antisemitism is frequently called the oldest form of hate. But within the arts, it’s a topic that’s too often misunderstood or neglected. Having a deeper understanding of the history of antisemitism and how it can manifest today will help you and your networks recognize it and call it out.

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