Andy Schatz, at The Blogs

May 23, 2024, 9:15 PM

Are We Making the Same Mistake With Anti-Zionism as We Did with BDS?

Amid still raw emotions, with demonstrations ending and campuses emptying, what have we learned? Have attempts to remove students – and university presidents – decreased antisemitism, or merely stifled debate? And is stifling debate a mistake? In 2015, I organized...

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Andy Schatz, a retired attorney, has been a synagogue president and chair of social action, a director and officer of a Jewish community foundation, is currently active in J Street and serves as a member of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, which recommends policies for the movement that represents as many as two million Americans. He has also served as president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and on the national ACLU board and executive committee. The views expressed here are personal and not the views of any organization.