Anti-Israel Artist Coming to Atlanta

#EndJewHatred movement is operated by Cheryl Dorchinsky, who is also founder of the Atlanta Israel Coalition. Currently she is organizing an event for July 31 at Temple Beth Tikvah at 1 p.m., as well as at Temple Emanu-El that same day at 7 p.m. hosting author Lana Melman, an American actress, former entertainment lawyer and a TV executive. She is coming to promote her new book, “Artists Under Fire: The BDS War Against Celebrities, Jews and Israel.”

Melman’s book deals with how Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions [BDS] scares artists from performing in Israel. She claims in her book that the entertainment community asked her to do something about the impact BDS is having on them and to defend the many artists that have entertained in Israel, like: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwartznegger, Kelsey Grammer, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Madonna, and many others.

According to Dorchinsky, those who oppose BDS are aware that the movement has been very skillful in using language that supports human rights, justice and peace. It has been understood that their real motive is to oppose the Jewish state.

Lana Melman is author of “Artists Under Fire: The BDS War Against Celebrities, Jews and Israel.”

The BDS movement wants the return of millions of descendants of Palestinian refugees into Israel proper. They have had some success in fueling the flames of antisemitism worldwide and on college campuses, Some Jewish students feel unsafe on campus and so do some European Jews.

Melman wrote in her book that she hopes to expose BDS for what it is and to indicate that the people who support it are being antisemitic. “There is also a music group coming to Atlanta where the lead singer, Roger Waters, has made many antisemitic remarks. You should make readers of the Atlanta Jewish Times aware that going to his concert will be supporting a man who supports the BDS movement,“ said Dorchinsky.

#EndJewHatred is a movement operated by Cheryl Dorchinsky, who is also founder of Atlanta Israel Coalition.

Roger Waters is a co-founder and lead singer of the Pink Floyd band, which he left in 1985. The Anti-Defamation League has made it clear that Waters is a music icon that is outspoken and supports the BDS movement. Waters urges artists not to perform in Israel, and has frequently told reporters that “Zionism is an ugly stain that needs to be removed.”

Jewish groups criticized Waters for his participation, noting that his time would have been better spent supporting groups that build bridges between communities instead of demonizing Israel and its supporters. B’nai Brith of Canada had a run in with the entertainer, Waters touted, “Talking about the advocacy group B’nai Brith, I remember those a**holes from the last time I was in Canada, … there is nothing you can say about the Zionist project that is defensible. It is all based on absolute lies.”

Waters encourages other artists to join the BDS movement. He has indicated that Israel is the harshest regime around the world and that Israel is killing Palestinians without justification. He believes the orthodox rabbinate in Israel is responsible for promoting bigotry against non-Jews living in Israel.

Roger Waters is a co-founder and former lead singer of the Pink Floyd band.

Just this month, the Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced “anti-Semite Roger Waters for insulting the legacy and memory of Golda Meir during an online program to support pro-Palestinian students at McGill University in Canada.”

Waters called the former prime minister of Israel, a “lying piece of sh*t,” claiming that she said Israel was a land without people when the Palestinians were already there. The SWC Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, said, “Anti-Semite Roger Waters lives in a bubble of hate of his own making. Insulting an iconic Jewish woman who helped fulfill the dream of return to Zion, exposes his ingrained Jew-hatred. The majority of Israel’s 7+million Jews are Sephardic not Ashkenazi.”

Waters’ band will be performing in Atlanta on Aug. 20, 2022, at State Farm Arena.