Charles Jacobs

Charles Jacobs is a pro-Israel and human rights activist and writer once named by The Forward as one of America’s top 50 Jewish leaders. Coretta Scot King presented him with the Boston Freedom Award for his work liberating African slaves in Sudan. Jacobs co-founded the Boston branch of CAMERA, the American Anti-Slavery Group, the David Project.

 OPEN LETTER published January 13, 1898, in ‘L’Aurore’ by Emile Zola in response to the Dreyfus Affair, in which Zola addressed French president Félix Faure and accused his government of antisemitism.

J’accuse: US Jewish leadership is failing to defend the community - opinion

 Former slaves in Mauritania face economic hardship, often with continuing financial dependence on their previous masters.

Jews don’t own slaves, but some other people do - opinion

Checkpoint on Route 5, where the pipe bombs were discovered.

No one is vetting Syrian refugees for signs of antisemitism


The J Street nose in the Jewish tent

J Street president and founder Jeremy Ben- Ami has accusing his critics of using big donors to shut down legitimate discussion

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Communal governance during a time of change

A new generation of Jews must learn to confront the new outbreak of anti-Semitism.

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Boycotters on the couch

To those who’ve been paying attention to the growth of anti-Israelism on campus, the ASA boycott was predictable.

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Anti-Israel ‘lessons’ in American classrooms

Can anti-Israelism, which is the new form of anti-Semitism, lead back to the older types?

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Passover’s unlearned lesson

An ethnic cleansing campaign, begun in 1989, led to the expulsion of 100,000 blacks from Mauritania

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Israel’s error: Mass deportation of a friendly nation

Many of us saw the South Sudanese as “the Jews of our time”; we should continue to treat them as the very special people they are.

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Israel’s error: Sudden mass deportation of friendly nation

South Sudanese could become advocates for Israel and should be treated with consideration.

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Jewish malware

The dynamic between Israel’s negative portrayal in the media and academia, and the inadequate fight against it, is something akin to the Stuxnet virus.

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Where's our leadership?

Few Jewish leaders and almost no mainstream organizations have explained to the community that we now face a radically new and potentially existensial threat - radical Islam.

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Right of Reply: Boston mosque's leaders are extremist

The city's willingness to cooperate with such people constitutes a betrayal of the local Muslim community.

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