List of Jewish American activists

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This is a list of notable Jewish American activists and polemicists

For other notable Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.

Contents

[edit] Activists

[edit] Animal Rights activists

  • Freddy de Freitas, founder and director of the Indiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - ISPCA

[edit] AIDS activists

[edit] Anti-corporate activists

[edit] Anti-racist

[edit] Anti-war

[edit] Anti-Zionist

[edit] Civil liberties

[edit] Conversatives and neoconservatives

[edit] Counterculture

[edit] Electronic rights activists

[edit] Feminism and gay rights

[edit] Cults

[edit] Gun rights advocacy

  • Sandra Froman — President of the National Rifle Association (NRA), second female president and first Jewish president[6]

[edit] Hate groups

  • Daniel Burros, American Nazi Party and KKK activist (committed suicide in 1965 when his background was revealed)
  • Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Al Qaeda member, federal fugitive (son of musician Phil Pearlman, who converted from Judaism to Christianity)
  • Harold von Braunhut, wealthy Aryan Nation and KKK supporter, deceased (born Jewish according to Washington Post)

[edit] Immigration reform

  • Kinky Friedman, country singer, 2006 candidate for Governor of Texas

[edit] Leaders of Jewish communal organizations

[edit] Liberal and leftwing activists (miscellaneous)

[edit] Jewish Defense

[edit] Nazi hunters and Holocaust educators

  • Marvin Hier, Orthodox rabbi, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
  • Eli Rosenbaum, director of the Department of Justice's Office of Special Investigations since 1995; Nazi hunter since early 1980s

[edit] Anti-choice

[edit] Rights of Ethiopian Jews

[edit] Socialists, anarchists and communists (historical)

[edit] Trade union leaders

[edit] Weather Underground and its offshoots

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ R. Reiner — [1] "Reiner, however, said Gibson also must do some "major soul-searching." "It’s not a matter of just apologizing for some words you’ve said," said Reiner, who is Jewish. "It’s to really understand why it is you’re anti-Semitic and where those feelings came from.""
  2. ^ Waxman, Sharon; Richard Siklos. "New Dispute Over Firing of Publisher", The New York Times, 2006-12-19. Retrieved on 2006-12-18. 
  3. ^ "other Jewish authors who may be of interest... Bettina Aptheker"
  4. ^ Johnson, David K. (2002), “Franklin E. Kameny (1925-)”, in Bullough, Vern L., Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context, New York: The Haworth Press, pp. 209-218, ISBN 1560231939 
  5. ^ Ross, Ross. "Rebecca Walker bringing message to Expo", Pensacola News Journal, 2007-04-08. Retrieved on 2007-04-08. 
  6. ^ Weinstein Bilson, Mara. "The President of the National Rifle Association is Jewish?" ([dead link]). Moment Magazine.