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By Brant Rosen· October 23, 2012

OPINION

This month, 15 prominent American Christian leaders called on Congress to treat Israel like any other country by making sure U.S. military aid to Israel is consistent with US law. (1)

The undersigned members of the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council stand with our American Christian colleagues in their recent call

(October 7, 2012) In the last several days, Greta Berlin, of the Free Gaza Movement, has been accused of anti-semitism due to posting a twitter link to a video entitled, “Zionists Ran the Holocaust and the Concentration Camps.”

The tweet was first widely reported by the Jerusalem Post, citing sources including Gerald Steinberg of the NGO Monitor and Avi Meyer of the Jewish Agency, who are well-known for using accusations of anti-semitism as smears to silence legitimate criticism of Israeli actions.

Jews Against Islamophobia (JAI), a coalition of three Jewish organizations, condemns the hate-mongering ads, sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), that will begin appearing in New York City subway stations the last week of September.

We say no to McCarthyism in the Jewish community. Sign the ad! Read more.

Read JVP's ED Rebecca Vilkomerson op-ed in the LA Times.