From: Lynne Bursky Tammam <hashoah@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:05 PM
Subject: THE HI-JACKING OF ANOTHER JEWISH INSTITUTION: THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY; YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED!
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Dear Friends of Israel and the Jewish People,
Thanks to the indefatigable "watchdog" efforts of Richard Allen, who was the first to inform us that the U.J.A.'s Jewish Communal Fund was funneling and continues to funnel monies to the New Israel Fund, we now know that very quietly, and most shockingly, The Center for Jewish History installed David N. Myers as its new executive director. David Myers, a leader of the New Israel Fund and J Street who is an unabashed supporter of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel, is now head of the CJH which is a partnership of five venerable organizations: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation the Leo Baeck Institute, the Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Although these five partners have separate governing bodies and finances, they each have members on the Central Board of the CJH and share equally in its functioning. (See the links at the bottom of this letter for more information about David Myers.)
(For those of you who are not familiar with the significance of the Center for Jewish History, the collections of its five partner organizations constitute the largest repository documenting the Jewish experience outside of Israel. The partners' collections include more than 100 million documents, 500,000 books, thousands of art objects, textiles, ritual objects, music, films, and photographs. The Center also serves as a centralized place for events, exhibitions, and performances. The Center is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.)
If you are wondering how an anti-Israel activist described by Daniel Greenfield as "unfit for any role in the Jewish community ended up heading the Center for Jewish History," read Greenfield's article (Sultanknish.blogspot.com, 10/17) the link to which is below. It is the "tip of the iceberg," he writes as radical activists continue to expropriate and hijack Jewish culture, thought, and history in order to pursue an anti-Israel agenda. Accepting David Myers as executive director gives credibility and a dangerous platform to those who are intent on demonizing, destabilizing, and delegitimizing Israel.
Not long after Myers was appointed, the American Jewish Historical Society announced that they would host two events: one was a play written by a member of Jewish Voice for Peace, an organization which vehemently supports BDS against Israel and holds Israel responsible for the terror waged against it and a panel discussion co-sponsored by the afore-mentioned organization. The intense criticism of the A.J.H.S. (Algemeiner, 10/10/17; ZOA.org, 10/10/17) compelled its board to cancel the two events and issue this statement: "While the programs themselves may have merit, they do not align with the mission of the A.J.H.S." (NYT, 10/12/17) One might add, "nor does the appointment of David N. Myers." We are sure that the founders of the Center for Jewish History never intended it to become a platform or venue for bashing Israel.
As Daniel Greenfield has written, "Jews and friends of the Jewish people...need to be able to distinguish between Jewish organizations and organizations with Jewish names that have been hi-jacked for anti-Jewish agendas." We have an obligation to educate the public about the hi-jacking of the Center for Jewish History by individuals whose mission is antithetical to that of its founders.
Attached is a notice prepared by Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI) which provides contact information for the five organizations who are partners of the CJH. Please contact each one and tell them that while they were "sleeping," their CJH board members allowed a most inappropriate person to become leader of the CJH. They should remove him as soon as possible.
Tomorrow, Wed., October 18th, in front of the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, there will be a protest from 5-8 p.m. at 15 West 16th St. between 5th and 6th Aves. (Union Square) organized by Richard Allen of JCCWatch.org and Helen Freedman and Judy Kadish of AFSI and supported by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). It is critical that we educate everyone we know and contact the five partner organizations of the CJH which are listed below and demand a replacement for David Myers.
Our silence is acquiescence,
Lynne Bursky-Tammam and Nessim Tammam
Yom Hashoah Mobilization Committee
American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS)
Leadership of CJH:
http://www.cjh.org/about/
ARTICLES:
https://www.algemeiner.com/
http://www.
 | The new CEO of the CJH thinks Israel should no longer exist as a Jewish State. What is he doing in this position? | |
http://sultanknish.blogspot.
| The Jewish community was shocked when it learned that David N. Myers, a militant anti-Israel activist, had been quietly put into place as the head of the ... |
http://www.truthrevolt.org/
http://www.israelnationalnews.
Leadership of CJH:
http://www.cjh.org/about/
Robin Ticker
Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com
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