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Melissa Landa

Melissa Landa is a former professor of education at the University of Maryland with a background in cross-cultural competence and anti-bias education. She is the founding director of Alliance for Israel, a Maryland-based nonprofit that opposes BDS activity in schools and communities, and that provides education about Israel’s multi-ethnic society.

As the head of a grassroots organization, I have great faith in what individuals can achieve when they come together with a common purpose and a shared goal.
The insidious nature and pernicious impact of his message must not be underestimated.
Political and organizational leaders genuinely invested in the safety of U.S. Jews must recognize that violent anti-Semitism has metastasized across racial, geographic and socio-economic borders.
American educators, particularly tenured professors, must find the courage to address the propaganda and the other unethical tactics being employed by the BDS movement.
We are currently seeing a slow but steady and systematic attempt to fragment American Jewry and, in turn, dilute its support for the State of Israel. This assault is being led by young, dynamic “progressive” academics in some of the country’s finest colleges and universities