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“I’m sure they had decent intentions, but this ad sends a poor message,” wrote Jewish educator Dovid Bashevkin.
The New England Patriots owner and philanthropist talked with “People” magazine about his nearly one-year-old foundation combating Jew-hatred.
Over the last 90 days, eight of the top 20 Israeli advertisers on Meta (Facebook and Instagram) were working to bring down the prime minister.
Abed Ayoub of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee claimed Israel’s commercial “undermines the integrity of broadcasting standards.”
Millions of Americans are being exposed to the plight of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
The organization’s founder, Patriots owner Robert Kraft, also sponsored a “Teen Act-athon” to help develop social-media campaigns that counter hate.
“By refusing to define and denounce antisemitism, Northwestern is tacitly endorsing the climate of fear and intimidation for Jews on campus,” said Avi Gordon, of Alums for Campus Fairness.
“We believe it is essential to express ourselves as a community,” William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents, told JNS.
The New York paper of record has drawn a “false moral equivalence” between those who put up posters calling for the release of hostages and those who tear the posters down, per CAMERA.
The Israeli Hi-Tech Protest movement paid for the advertisements.
Controversial Brandeis ‘Times’ advertisement not reflective of Orthodox life on campus, students say
“It’s a reminder that you can’t be too careful in the marketing business,” Brandeis professor Jonathan Sarna told JNS.
“In this ad, ‘Orthodox’ clearly means rigid, antiquated, monolithic and unevolving. Since Orthodox Jews would reject these adjectives in their self-definition, this line is problematic,” said scholar Malka Simkovich.
