BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published January 23, 2020
A federal appeals court in St. Louis heard a case last week from Arkansas that challenged that state’s anti-boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) law.Alan Leveritt, the publisher of the Arkansas Times newspaper, filed a lawsuit against the state in...
By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS
• Published December 27, 2018
Critics say Anti-BDS laws silence a political debate. That’s simply untrue.It sounds outrageous. A speech pathologist in a Texas school district was asked to sign a pro-Israel pledge. If she refused to go along, she would lose her job. Described in...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published March 7, 2018
Committees in the Missouri House and Senate have voted to move forward with legislation that would require companies that receive state contracts to certify that they will not engage in a boycott of Israel. Gov. Eric Greitens has also said he would approve...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published January 10, 2018
A bipartisan pair of Missouri state senators have introduced legislation that would bar businesses that engage in a boycott of Israel from receiving state contracts.State Senate Majority Leader Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, sponsored the legislation with...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published September 7, 2016
“Anti Semitism is a disease that is beyond politics.” —Comment on the Daily Gazette (student newspaper of Swarthmore College) website, in response to William Meyer’s article, “A Response to Yesterday’s Anti-Semitic Hate Crime from a ‘Whiny...
CHICAGO — On June 16, the New Jersey Assembly is expected to have a final vote on a bill restricting the state’s dealings with companies that boycott Israel. The measure, S1923/A925, would have the Garden State join the nine states that have already...
