The “deeply hurtful display,” however, was criticized by the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council on X, the site formerly known as Twitter on Friday. The
Jeremy Burton, the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, said reading how the Israeli military prepared its forces who would
Jeremy Burton called the HART team a “step in the right direction.”
Today’s announcement of the creation of the Hate Crimes Awareness and Response Team demonstrates the seriousness with which the Healey-Driscoll Administration is tackling rising extremism across our Commonwealth and to their unyielding commitment to greater security for all vulnerable communities.
At a time when our community should be attuned to the risks and challenges of antisemitism in all its forms, we and our member organizations, representing a multiplicity of Jewish perspectives, found Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson’s recent comments troubling.
“We cannot support those organizations that demonize Israel, hold Israel to a double standard, and ignore the safety and security of Israel and our community as a whole,” said JCRC executive director Jeremy Burton.
Watch JCRC CEO Jeremy Burton and Professor Cornell Brooks discuss the rise of antisemitism since the Israel-Hamas war on GBH’s Greater Boston television program hosted by Gautam Mukund.
Jeremy Burton, the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, said politicians’ tendencies to excuse antisemitism on their own sides of the aisle have long been a problem, one that is only more heightened at the moment.
Jewish organizations including JCRC, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Israeli-American Council, and ADL New England hosted the event, which drew a crowd of more than 100 people, including several students from schools in the area, Burton said.
WBZ-TV CBS Boston is the latest victim of blood-red paint vandalism amid the Israel-Hamas war, as taggers overnight wrote “Free Palestine” on the Allston headquarters. The Boston Police are currently investigating.
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