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On 2025-01-01 4:58 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Two suburban public libraries where I live discriminated against showing
> the movie Israelism.
> 
> https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/12/30/northbrook-highland-park-public-library-first-amendment-aclu-hecklers-veto
> 
> Its producers were two Jews whose views about Israel had changed, from
> support to pro Palestinian. Mostly it's bren shown on college campuses
> since it premiered in February 2023 (months before the October 7 2023
> attack by Hamas) but it's now been distributed digitally by a Palestinian
> company owned by the sister of fashion models Bella and Gigi Hadid,
> becoming available to rent from various platforms since the end of
> June 2024.
> 
> https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-805145
> 
> The movie was supposed to be shown in one library in September 2024 but
> cancelled because the library had demanded a $3,000 fee for security and
> insurance. The library had received phone calls and email messages
> demanding that the showing be cancelle.
> 
> And it was.
> 
> They then tried to show the movie at the other library which copied the
> first library's demamds for security and insurance fees.
> 
> Both libraries heard from ACLU of Illinois pointing out the
> unconstitutionality of charging fees based on the controversial nature
> of political speech.
> 
> It sucks for the library because they'd have to eat the security and
> insurance costs.
> 
> I've seen off-duty village police officers provide security for other
> events at the library, like the local member of Congress's town hall
> meeting as town halls have been disrupted elsewhere.
> 
> The library has a diversity equity an dinclusion statement about all
> being welcome painted on a prominent wall near one of the entrances, but
> it seems they don't mean it.
> 
> Just to be clear, mime: Just because I had no interest in seeing the
> movie myself doesn't mean others shouldn't be allowed to see it.

I'm kinda surprised your local libraries discriminated against showing 
this film. The content seems to be decidedly anti-Israel and is 
presumably anti-Semitic as well, which would seem to guarantee a warm 
reception from the woke left especially the college crowd. I strongly 
suspect my hometown's local library would eagerly show it to parade 
their woke credentials. (They seem inordinately proud of putting tampons 
in all the washrooms, presenting drag queen story hours, etc.)

Are the two libraries you cited in Jewish areas? Have pro-Israel groups 
been committing violence at showings of this film?



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Rhino