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The following is an open letter from thirty-six members of Jewish communities in the United States

We are U.S. Jews who are deeply troubled by a recent speech given by the Anti-Defamation League’s CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, in which he defames grassroots and civil rights organizations committed to Palestinian justice and falsely conflates anti-Zionism with far right and violent extremism.

Greenblatt’s attacks on groups that are part of the movement for Palestinian rights and his assertion of an equivalency between anti-Zionists and white nationalists put us all at risk. Especially now, amid the rapid growth of the white nationalist far right, the safety and bodily autonomy of Black and brown people, Jewish people, Arabs, Muslims, queer and trans people, and disabled and immunocompromised people are under threat.

The struggle against antisemitism must be in partnership with all others targeted by white supremacy. We are committed to working collectively to combat antisemitism the same way we work against racism, Islamophobia, transphobia, and ableism.

The Anti-Defamation League does not speak for us, and we will not allow them to divide and defame our communities and movements, including the movement for Palestinian human rights. Jewish communities must embrace anti-Zionist and non-Zionist voices, along with all other voices for justice. While we may have a range of perspectives on Palestine and Israel, we are all clear that equating anti-Zionist groups to white nationalists is beyond the pale and cannot be tolerated. We are also clear that all people deserve justice, freedom, and safety.

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Signatories

Eva Ackerman

Peter Beinart

Ellen Brotsky

Judith Butler

Chase Carter

Barbara Dobkin

Stefanie Fox

Rachel Gilmer

Ira Glasser

Jane Hirschmann

Naomi Klein

Sandra Korn

Alan Levine

Richard Levy

Abby Lublin

Rachel McCullough

Nina Mehta

Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

Donna Nevel

Kathleen Peratis

Rabbi Brant Rosen

Deborah Sagner

Audrey Sasson

James Schamus

Maya Schenwar

Rafael Shimunov

Alisa Solomon

Barry Trachtenberg

Mark Tseng-Putterman

Rebecca Vilkomerson

Rabbi Brian Walt

Lesley Williams

Rabbi Alissa Wise

Dorothy Zellner

Simone Zimmerman

Dave Zirin

Additional Signatures

Kenneth Barnes

Carlyn Cowen

Katie Unger

Rabbi Yosef Berman

Alix Davidson

Eliana Fishman

Carinne Luck

Rakhel Silverman

Silas Gitin

Eleni Zimiles

Jenneva Clauss

May Ye

Rebecca Lewis

Jay Schaffner

Natasha Gill

Seth Morrison

Dina Afek

Clyde Leland

David L. Mandel

Ruth Silver Taube

Marta Guttenberg

Rachel Port

Martin Levine

Wendy Greenfield

Howard Horowitz

Noel Kent

Carolyn Toll Oppenheim

Rand Clark

Beth Eisenberg

Sophie Ellman-Golan

Elsa Auerbach

Elaine Cohen

Maya Ward-Fineman

Esther Cohen

Devorah Stavisky

Rianna Lloyd

Margo Harvey

Merry Maisel

Alanna Davis

Lynn Gottlieb

Nat El-Hai

Matthew Hom

Melinda Smith

Cheryl Greenberg

Carin Mrotz

Jordan Bridges

Ezra Steinberg

Virginia Avniel Spatz

Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein

Carole Levine

Anya Auerbach

Marge Sussman

Deirdre Silverman

Benjamin Balthaser

Jack Leff

Eli Isaacs

Sarah Anne Minkin

Paul Kivel

Dorit Price-Levine

Micaela Brody

Eva Peskin

Ron Witton

Max Socol

Kalman Resnick

claire lichtenstein

Laurie Izaks MacSween

Rabbi Dev Noily

Malkah Bird

Doug Gertner

Ned Rosch

Robert Gelbach

Shelby Handler

Cindy Shamban

Diana Falchuk

Stephanie Schamess

Elisheva Gavra

Jeremy Nicholson

Sam Tarlow

Ari Jahiel

Abby Saul

Rosemary Cohen

Mia Rybeck

Nathaniel Baldo

Amanda Wessel

Marni Libby

Brian Carson

Jordi Cabanas

Estee Chandler

Jacob Zionts

Barbara S. Kane

Haskell Musry

Benjamin Fasching-Gray

Kathy Lessuck

Emily Dixon

Rabbi Rebecca Alpert

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb

Rabbi David Mivasair

Rabbi Moti Rieber

Louisa Solomon

Rabbi Michael Ramberg

Susan Tipograph

Talia Lepson

Max Reynolds

Ysh Schwartz

Yvette Meltzer

Richard Silverstein

Dayne Samuels

Sagie Tvizer

Sara Bollag

Ian Schiffer

Rabbi Linda Holtzman

Shawna Hartman Brotsky

Kallyn Krash

Beth Harris

Aidan Orly

Jamie Jackson

Noam Shurin

Benjamin Kenper

Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg

Esther Farmer

Elena Stein

Lauren Holtzman

Nadav David

Emily Albert

Rabbi Borukh Goldberg

Sir Porte

Deborah Agre

Lee Goodman-Gargagliano

Eva Borgwardt

Casey Rubenfeld

Marilyn Garson

Jemma Pasch

Sophia Sobko

Rabbi Rebecca Alpert

Nancy Wein

Gabriela Orozco

Hana Filipovic

Connie Sosnoff

Daniel Brotsky

Sarah Novick

Michael Davis

Penny Rosenwasser

Talya Gillman

Sam Gould

Eve Hershcopf

Lauren Giniger

Jeri Cohen

David Toub

Daniel Spector

Matthew Wiviott

Daniel Cohen

Lily Ostrer

Caren Levy-Van Slyke

Iris Cushman

Myles Hoenig

Lee Nelson

Bonnie Sherr Klein

Ned Rosch

Estee Chandler

Henri Picciotto

John Heavenrich

Michael Stephen Smith

Beth Bruch

Martha Schoolman

Karen Platt

Terry Weber

Sue Michalson

Mary Allen

Kathy Felgran

Alice Rothchild

Ellen Yaroshefsky

John Spritzler

Eleanor J. Bader

Mark Braverman

Nic Abramson

Robert Herbst

Genie Silver

Sarah Shields

Paul Leuenberger

Gary Fields

Malkah Feldman

Elena Stone

Morriah Kaplan

Meryl Crean

Michael Friedman

Jim Eby

Laurie Zimmerman

George Ghanayem

Jennifer Duskey

jody sokolower

Brian Polejes

Michael Myerson

Jill Manchester

ruth roberts

Afsah Sadiq

Robert Moyer

Sara Kershnar

Rabbi Michael Lerner

Yousef Yassir

Carolyn Karcher

Larry Hendel

Mary Elizabeth Roberts

Warren Smith

Lauren Spokane

John Lynch

Robert Fisher

Arlene Halfon

Allan W Massey