TRUTH REVOLT
UJA President Honored For Supporting Israel Boycott
by Ronn Torossian
November 10, 2015
Today, the left-wing Jewish Daily Forward released their annual Forward 50 list of the year’s most notable and newsworthy Jews, and alongside American Pharoah, the Triple Crown-winning horse whose owner is an Egyptian-born Jew, the publication honored Alisa Doctoroff, President of UJA-Federation of New York. According to the Forward, Doctoroff “found her name in bold letters in an ad campaign threatened by right-wing activists. Her crime? Supporting the New Israel Fund, a liberal organization that funds civil society programs in Israel.” The publication added that, “Doctoroff became the face of a struggle many liberal Jews in communal and public office have been confronted with this year, as their love for Israel has been put in question,”…Hence, the President of one of the largest American Jewish organizations was commended – and rewarded – for supporting The New Israel Fund, which supports a boycott of Israel, and for not opposing Iran, which Israel’s government says poses a mortal threat to the State of Israel..READ MORE