Content area
Full Text
A few weeks ago, I joined other critics of ADL in prejudging Jonathan Greenblatt, the organization's pick to succeed its current head, Abe Foxman. I may have spoken too soon. In an interview, I noted that Greenblatt's profile as a progressive Democrat, especially one who holds a position in the Obama Administration, signaled that ADL would continue, even double down, on what many of us have been calling a disastrously failed policy of abandoning Jewish interests in favor of some vague universalism.
As the left/Muslim alliance is driving the Jews out of Europe, and is now surging on our campuses, American Jewry's most powerful defense agency has no strategy to deal with these real threats. Instead, ADL advocates for the Democratic Party's agenda items - women's and gay rights, immigration, voter ID laws, etc. ADL even fights "Islamophobia," a bogus concept whose intent and effect is to block any criticism of Islamic culture, behavior or belief. Appointing a progressive like Greenblatt, I thought, would ensure that ADL's vast resources will continue to be diverted away from real efforts to protect Jewish interests and Jewish lives.
But...