Michael Felsen: “States Should Learn from Trump How NOT to Run an Antisemitism Commission”
For the Times of Israel, BWC Member Mike Felsen recently wrote an article with recommendations for the Massachusetts Commission on Antisemitism.
“In Massachusetts, where I live, a Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism, established as part of the state’s 2025 budget, held its first meeting a few days before Donald Trump was elected President. The Commission’s charge is ambitious. It includes ‘recommending strategies, programs and legislation to combat antisemitism in the commonwealth,’ along with making ‘recommendations for the implementation of the United States national strategy to counter antisemitism.’
The Commission’s aspirations to recommend state and national policy are admirable, but with Donald Trump in the White House, are they even relevant anymore?….”
