Students protesting outside of the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, April 15, 2018. (Courtesy of Jewish Voice for Peace via JTA)
WASHINGTON (JTA) Sharon Nazarian has a theory about why a recent Washington, DC rally against antisemitism failed to make an impact.
The Anti-Defamation League, for which Nazarian is senior vice president of international affairs, co-sponsored “No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People,” along with several other of the largest American Jewish organizations. But it drew just 2,000 people on Sunday. By comparison, a rally in 2002 at the height of the second intifada drew more than 100,000 people.
Nazarian says the traditional mainstream organizational focus on, and lionization of, Israel is becoming a liability and turning people away.
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