(Ha'aretz) Jared Samilow - Janet Mock, a transgender woman of color, was invited to speak at Brown University by "Moral Voices," a social justice group that operates under the auspices of the local Hillel group. Students for Justice in Palestine organized a campaign urging Mock to disavow Hillel's sponsorship since Hillel International is pro-Israel. Mock cancelled her appearance due to the controversy. The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is no longer content to just target Israeli institutions. It is now targeting individuals and organizations that are aligned with Israel. Jews and Jewish organizations - all of which have ties to Israel, the country where 40% of all Jews live - are to be ostracized unless they expressly distance themselves from Israel. Campus BDS cells are experimenting with a secondary boycott: a boycott of those who don't fall in line with an anti-Israel position. The writer, a student at Brown University, is a graduate of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs' fellowship program in Israel-Arab studies.
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