Posts Tagged: Lana Melman Israel
New Book Takes on the Cultural Boycott Against Israel
"Artists Under Fire: The BDS War against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel" by Lana Melman (Lioncrest Publishing 2022). International entertainers of every color and creed are besieged...
The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Roger Waters
JNS.org - So -- what does Roger Waters think of music, his critics and the normal life we all want to get back to? We...
Cultural BDS: Artists Are Under Attack
Proponents of the cultural Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel claim that their cause is human rights and their methods are non-violent. Yet...
BDS Pressure Can’t — and Won’t — Stop Musicians from Performing in Israel
Jennifer Lopez (JLo) will be performing in Israel on August 1. Bon Jovi will grace Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv for the second time on...
BDS Plays a Nazi Tune Outside Carnegie Hall
There was a lot to jeer at this past Sunday. I'm not referring to the lackluster Super Bowl game in Atlanta, but rather the shameful...
Why Artists Must Oppose the Boycott Israel Movement
One hundred artists, filmmakers, writers, and other cultural workers have called for a boycott of an artist-run gallery in Glendale, California -- a town less...
Natalie Portman PR Fiasco Gets Cheers from BDS
In case you missed the recent, ground-shaking news: Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman declined to go to Israel to accept the Genesis Award, which recognizes...
Artists Speak Out for Israel on Independence Day
Liberate Art, founded less than three years ago, connects the international entertainment community and Israel, creating fresh content and important events. In celebration of Israeli Independence Day,...
Good Lorde, Another Cancellation
The New Zealand songstress Lorde recently buckled under pressure from the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel -- and cancelled her June concert...
Don’t Ignore the Cultural Boycott of Israel
Nearly 50 artists, including Roger Waters, Thurston Moore, Julie Christie and Mike Leigh, recently signed an open letter to the English rock band Radiohead, urging them to cancel their...
If BDS Supports Tolerance, Why is it Trying to Suppress Free Speech?
The cultural boycott against Israel strikes at the heart of freedom of expression. The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) movement seeks to rob the world...
