I just landed in Boston, and I need your help.
I was scheduled to speak tonight at a reform synagogue here, but a small group of right-wing activists intimidated the board into cancelling the event.
Outrageous, you say?
Know that this is not an isolated example. All across the country, week in and week out, small numbers of right-wing activists and donors regularly intimidate synagogues, Hillels, and other communal institutions out of presenting views on Israel they don't like.
We've had enough, and I hope you have too. It's time to draw the line and say we simply won't be silenced any more.
We've moved tonight's event to a school down the block, and I hope publicity over the cancellation means we'll get an even larger crowd.
And I'd love to tell that crowd that – in just a matter of hours – thousands of our supporters and friends signed a petition to say we've had it. We won't be silenced any more.
Will you add your name – and get a few friends to sign with you? I'll present it tonight and we'll use it every time someone tries to shut the door on open debate about Israel and American policy in the Middle East.
Click here to sign our petition - we won't be scared into silence on Israel.
There couldn't be a more crucial time for an honest conversation about Israel. Settlement building has resumed, the U.S. government is trying to broker a deal to stop it again temporarily, and peace hangs in the balance. Most important, so too does the future, security and character of Israel.
Please act right now. Our movement is getting big enough that a small minority shouldn't be able to silence our pro-Israel, pro-peace voice any longer.
Let's show our strength with thousands of signatures now in these few hours before tonight's event.
And, together, let's open the doors of our community wide to the vibrant debate on critical issues that we all must hear.
- Jeremy
