NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- More than 10,000 antisemitic incidents were recorded in the U.S. one year after Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, according to data released earlier this month by the Anti-Defamation League, whose new methodology includes "rallies that feature anti-Zionist chants and slogans," many of which take place on or near college college campuses. Anti-Jewish hate on social media platforms has also skyrocketed.
Enter "Rage Against The Hate," a daylong conference being held Thursday at Manhattan's Yale Club that "aims to better coordinate cooperation, foster synergy, and cultivate strategies as Jewish groups and leaders vow to go on the offensive this year against the campus and digital extremists following 12 months of being aggressively overwhelmed, threatened, and targeted with unprecedented violence," according to a press release by organizers Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center and Letter of the Law.
The event, featuring training workshops, roundtable and panel discussions, has a roster of public figures, including actor Michael Rappaport, law professor Alan Dershowitz, author Douglas Murray, radio host Dennis Prager, GOP consultant Frank Luntz, attorney Ben Brafman, and Harvard grad and campus activist Shabbos Kestenbaum. Ofir Akunis, the Consul General of Israel in New York, will also address attendees.
Also present will be representatives from the Jewish National Fund, Stand With Us, Betar, Students Supporting Israel, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Seeding the Dream, Brandeis Center, Stop Antisemitism, CAMERA, NGO Monitor, Bnai Brith, ZOA, FIDF, The Lawfare Project, and Hillel.
"The New York Conference seeks to coordinate and provide strategy to the Jewish activist front as our groups and individuals go on the offense this year to re-take the streets and college campuses from the haters and more fiercely ensure that Israel’s narrative is blasted across the social media platforms," said Shurat HaDin president Nitsana Darshan-Leitner. "Now it's our turn."
"The murderous Hamas terrorist attack a year ago staggered the people of Israel and set the Jewish community back on its heels," added Darshan-Leitner. "Instead of embracing the innocent victims of this horrific atrocity, the world literally turned against Israelis with unprecedented hate, blood libels, calls for genocide, and violence. Our enemies celebrated the massacre of Jews, distorted facts, ignored rapes, and openly supported Hamas. It has been like the 1930s all over again and every Jew, everywhere became a target."