Lisa Brown

Of all the people the DSA could have chosen to host its official election night livestream, it chose Hasan Piker, someone who proudly expresses support for terrorist organizations and traffics in antisemitism. Let that sink in. The DSA isn't distancing itself from this kind of rhetoric. It's elevating it. When someone tells you who they are, believe them: adl.org/resources/article/ha…

There is nothing peaceful about vandalism and intimidation. Targeting businesses simply because they have ties to Israel isn't activism. It's harassment, plain and simple. And deliberately disrupting the everyday lives of Americans to make a political point is unacceptable. We should stop pretending otherwise.

No Jew should be targeted for being Jewish. Using Israel as a pretext to attack Jews is antisemitism, plain and simple. I joined @PhilR_R on @BBCNews to discuss the threats facing Jewish communities worldwide and the J7 Task Force’s work to confront them.

Jewish artists are being canceled, blacklisted and pushed out of American cultural life. We knew the situation was bad, but we just didn't know how bad. No one had documented the problem in a systematic manner. Until now. The new @ADL State of the Arts report offers a series of shocking findings: - 40 leading museums across the U.S. and not a single one includes Jewish identity among its diversity & inclusion commitments. - Authors are being told to strip Hebrew words from their works and change Jewish character names just to get published. - Jewish and Israeli performers are being harassed off stages, dropped from lineups and never invited back. This is antisemitism, plain and simple. Blocking someone because of their nationality is bigotry, full stop. Canceling someone because of their faith isn't courage — it's cowardice. The arts and culture sector needs to wake up and stop silencing Jewish voices. Patrons of the arts need to step up and demand, not special treatment, but simply equal treatment for Jewish and Israeli artists. Now is the time. Explore the research: state-of-the-arts.org