{"id":1244656,"date":"2022-01-26T19:06:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T00:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1244656"},"modified":"2022-01-26T19:07:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T00:07:05","slug":"adl-discriminates-among-jews-based-on-race-jews-of-color-awards-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adl-discriminates-among-jews-based-on-race-jews-of-color-awards-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"ADL Discriminates Among Jews Based on Race: &#039;Jews of Color&#039; Awards Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fadl-discriminates-among-jews-based-on-race-jews-of-color-awards-announced%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1244656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2017\/03\/Jonathan-Greenblatt.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced Wednesday that it had awarded fellowships of up to $25,000 each to \u201cJews of Color,\u201d though the Jewish faith recognizes no distinctions of color whatsoever.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re excited to announce the inaugural class of Collaborative for Change fellows, Jews of Color who will receive up to $25,000 to counter bias and hate through film, research and other projects. Read about them here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XVhqnsyQ8V\">https:\/\/t.co\/XVhqnsyQ8V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ADL (@ADL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADL\/status\/1486370342843174914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The ADL, which was once widely respected as a non-partisan civil rights organization fighting anti-Jewish prejudice and supporting the broader civil rights movement, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2017\/11\/19\/adl-jonathan-greenblatt-talks-hate-crimes-msnbc-al-sharpton-ignores-sharptons-past\/\">moved<\/a> to the left under the leadership of former Obama administration official Jonathan Greenblatt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJews of Color are, unfortunately, often subjected to the dual evils of racism and antisemitism,\u201d Greenblatt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/news\/press-releases\/adl-collaborative-for-change-fellowship-offers-jews-of-color-opportunity-to\">said<\/a> in an official statement on Wednesday. \u201cThrough the Collaborative for Change fellowship, we\u2019re proud to provide an opportunity for Jews of Color to share their experiences and increase understanding of the unique challenges they face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though many American Jews are of European origin, Jews come in a variety of \u201ccolors,\u201d and include populations from the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>There is no theological recognition of race or color, and skin color is barely mentioned in the Bible. The few mentions are generally considered positive: \u201cI am black but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem!\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/bible_cdo\/aid\/16445\/jewish\/Chapter-1.htm\">Song of Solomon \/ Song of Songs 1:5<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Critics warned that the ADL was playing into a racially essentialist narrative that could hurt the fight against antisemitism:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dividing the Jewish people by skin color (ie. \u201cJews of Color\u201d and \u201cWhite Jews) is profoundly unJewish and destructive. In fact, it is a common tactic of the enemies of the Jewish people and Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Beyond foolish for the ADL to adopt it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Vff9ho5pI\">https:\/\/t.co\/3Vff9ho5pI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abigail Shrier (@AbigailShrier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbigailShrier\/status\/1486410752890048514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ADL\u2019s \u201cJews of Color\u201d controversy comes a day after another controversy over previous statements by Tema Smith, the ADL\u2019s Director of Jewish Outreach &amp; Partnerships, who claimed that Jewish concerns about black antisemitism were racist:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of these days we need to talk about how the Jewish community\u2019s reactions to antisemitism coming from Black people is inherently tied to (implicitly racist) fears of Black violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tema Smith (@temasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/temasmith\/status\/1287141460324823042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While it is likely true that there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/nypd-33-percent-arrested-for-antisemitic-crimes-in-2019-were-black-60-percent-white-612779\">more white perpetrators of antisemitic attacks<\/a>&nbsp;than black, some recent attacks have taken place in neighborhoods where religious Jews live near black communities, and where there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/crown-heights-riot-hasidic-jews-black-chabad-dinkins-giuliani-brooklyn-new-york-11629481962\">history<\/a> of mutual tension.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook\/dp\/B08PNN54BB\">Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced Wednesday that it had awarded fellowships of up to $25,000 each to \u201cJews of Color,\u201d though the Jewish faith recognizes no distinctions of color whatsoever. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1244656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}