To Compare U.S. Immigration Policy with the Holocaust Is to Appropriate the Latter’s Gravity for Political Effect
El Paso is not Auschwitz.
November 11, 2019
From liberal Zionism to drawing donors away from federations.
For much of American Jewry, local Jewish federations remain important umbrella organizations that direct funds to a variety of Jewish philanthropies. But the New Israel Fund (NIF)—founded in 1979 to support left-wing organizations in the Jewish state—has recently taken the step of trying to compete with the federations in distributing monies, particularly through donor-advised funds. NIF’s supposed advantage is that it is happy to direct donations to anti-Israel groups such as IfNotNow, deemed off-limits by federations. Jonathan Tobin writes:
El Paso is not Auschwitz.
Fighting terrorism and developing military technology.
From liberal Zionism to drawing donors away from federations.
Using an attempted synagogue massacre to score political points.
In South Wales, a once-strong Jewish community has all but disappeared.
For much of American Jewry, local Jewish federations remain important umbrella organizations that direct funds to a variety of Jewish philanthropies. But the New Israel Fund (NIF)—founded in 1979 to support left-wing organizations in the Jewish state—has recently taken the step of trying to compete with the federations in distributing monies, particularly through donor-advised funds. NIF’s supposed advantage is that it is happy to direct donations to anti-Israel groups such as IfNotNow, deemed off-limits by federations. Jonathan Tobin writes:
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