Fwd: Urgent Appeal To The Board Of The American Sephardic Foundation re: CEO of CJH

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From: "Info@jccwatch.org" <info@jccwatch.org>
Date: Oct 8, 2017 11:40 AM
Subject: Urgent Appeal To The Board Of The American Sephardic Foundation
To: "Rabbi Elie Abadie" <ravmd1@gmail.com>, "Rabbi Elie Abadie" <rabbi@sephardicacademy.org>, <ravmd1@aol.com>
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Dear Rabbi Abadie,

I write to you this morning to ask you to relay this message to the Board of the American Sephardi Foundation. 

After reading the alarming revelations by Ronn Torossian concerning the multiple programs by Jewish Voices For Peace to delegitimize Israel at the Center for Jewish History and knowing that the CJH hired David Myers as President and CEO, a person who publicly embraces the word Nakba to describe the establishment of the Jewish State of Israel;

I respectfully request that the ASF issue a public statement that condemns this perversion of our Jewish Community assets to promote BDS at the Center for Jewish History. In addition the ASF needs to publicly withdraw support for David Myers to lead the CJH.

As you know, the Center for Jewish History has stated on its web site that the American Sephardic Foundation fully supports what is going on at the CJH. 

Shockingly the ASF board has remained silent while having the public believe the Sephardic community supports these anti-Israel  activities. 

The American Sephardic Foundation must act immediately and publicly to distance our community from supporting these anti-Israel programs and personnel at the Center for Jewish History.

As you may know my grandfather was slaughtered in Baghdad during the turmoil during the establishment of the State of  Israel.  It pains me personally that the ASF has remained silent and allowed our Sephardic community to be perceived as supporting the takeover of the Center for Jewish History into a venue to delegitimize Israel.

JCCWatch.org along with Americans for a Safe Israel, led by Helen Freedman and Judy Kadish, have organized a community wide protest in front of the Center For Jewish History to take place on Oct 18 between 5pm and 8pm.

This includes a well funded media campaign including; full page ads in virtually all the Jewish community papers, radio advertisements  currently running on the Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Joe Piscopo, Kevin McCollough, Mike Gallagher and other programming on station talk radio 970amThe Answer. 

 In addition after the revelation that Jewish Voices for Peace has multiple joint programming with the CJH, (with discounts for JVP members) we purchased additional massive advertising.  This will start Tuesday on the powerful WABC station during such programs as the Don Imus, Mark Levin and John Batchelor shows. We have purchased time on other NY area stations and Jewish radio programming like the popular Zev Brenner Show on WMCA.  This will be backed up by targeted ads on social media and the internet, also with significant funding.

Below are our ads. I have include the explosive article by Ronn Torossian who along with Hank Shinekopf and George Birnbaum have worked tirelessly to educate our community.

See Ronn Torossian Expose' article:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/21106

See Print Ad:

Hear Radio Ad:  

Best Regards,

Richard Allen

JCCWatch.org

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