(Jewish Group) Im A Latina Who Works For The ADL. JVPs Attacks Shocked Me
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP!! RESPECT!!)
I'm a non-Jewish Latina who works at the Anti-Defamation League.
I love this work. Im proud of this work. Ive taken up the cause of fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry because, as a Latina, I cant simply be concerned with anti-immigrant or anti-Latino hate. To be effective in building a more equal and just society, I believe deeply that I have to fight all forms of hatred. And that includes the hatred of Jews.
To that end, one of ADLs programs involves working closely with law enforcement in the United States, training them to identify and investigate hate crimes against all vulnerable groups in our society. We train law enforcement to combat extremism and terrorism, but also their own implicit biases. We take a few dozen American law enforcement officials to Israel every year, where they learn from Israels national police about how they prevent and respond to international terror attacks and threats, like those from Hezbollah and Hamas. The goal of this program is to help U.S. law enforcement officials prevent attacks in the U.S. and save lives. Seems like a no-brainer, right?
Well, not for everyone, it turns out.
For months now, the far-left anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has been targeting our exchange program with Israel with a campaign called Deadly Exchange. Now, ADL is a 104-year-old organization, and becoming targets of both fair criticism and inaccurate attacks from the right and the left of the political spectrum comes with the territory for an established institution like ours. But in my time at ADL, Ive been especially surprised at JVPs ignorance, dangerous dogmatism and blind efforts at intersectional cause-making.
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