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Illustrative: Pro-Israel demonstrators attend a rally denouncing antisemitism and antisemitic attacks, in lower Manhattan, New York on May 23, 2021. (Ed JONES / AFP)
WASHINGTON (JTA) Israel will feature large in a Jewish organizational rally against antisemitism, with the goal of uniting the Jewish community following a wave of attacks.
But the rally’s messaging on Israel has led a number of left-leaning Jewish groups to demur from participating. It’s a signal of both how fraught an issue Israel remains in the American Jewish community, and of how divided the community is regarding whether and when to classify attacks on Israel as antisemitism.
A rally against antisemitism hopes to present a united front, but its message on Israel has driven away some left-wing groups July 8, 2021 6:19 pm Elisha Wiesel attends the Blue Card Annual Benefit Dinner 2019 in New York City on April 8, 2019. (Aurora Rose/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON (JTA) Israel will feature large in a Jewish organizational rally against antisemitism, with the goal of uniting the Jewish community following a wave of attacks.
But the rally’s messaging on Israel has led a number of left-leaning Jewish groups to demur from participating. It’s a signal of both how fraught an issue Israel remains in the American Jewish community, and of how divided the community is regarding whether and when to classify attacks on Israel as antisemitism.
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Atlanta Jewish Times
Arye Mekel served the Southeastern United States for seven years. By Jan Jaben-Eilon June 29, 2021, 8:28 pm Edit
Arye Mekel was a journalist and diplomat.
Days after his death, members of the Atlanta Jewish community fondly remembered Arye Mekel, a long-serving Israeli diplomat who spent 1993 to 2000 as consul general of Israel to the Southeastern United States in Atlanta. He died June 20 at 75 years of age.
“We mourn the passing of Ambassador Arye Mekel, a great diplomat, writer and journalist, whose love and dedication to the State of Israel were reflected throughout his extensive career,” commented Anat Sultan-Dadon, the current consul general. “Here in Atlanta, we are grateful for Ambassador Mekel’s contribution to the bilateral relations between Israel and the Southeast while serving as Israel’s consul general in Atlanta from 1993 to 2000. Ambassador Mekel’s many contributions to the State of Israel and its