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Canary Mission’s Newest Funders - Two Jewish American philanthropists supported the group in 2023, including the foundation of a board member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

JL;DR SUMMARY Canary Mission, an organization known for its aggressive tactics against pro-Palestine activists, continues to receive funding from influential Jewish American philanthropists despite its controversial reputation. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israel Palestine ConflictWashington Institute For Near East PolicyJewish PhilanthropyCanary MissionDoxxingPro Palestine ActivismAmerican Jewish DonorsNatan And Lidia Peisach Family FoundationAnn And Robert Fromer Charitable FoundationIntimidation Tactics

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South Florida, Florida, United States
"Both the Fromer and Peisach foundations are based in South Florida and have long been movers in pro-Israel politics."
New York City, New York, United States
"said Lila Corwin Berman, a professor of Jewish history at New York University and the author of the book The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution."
San Francisco, California, United States
"In 2018, The Forward uncovered that the Helen Diller Family Foundationa fund controlled by the Jewish Community Federation of San Franciscoas well as the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles had donated a combined $350,000 to Canary Mission in 2016-2017."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"In 2018, The Forward uncovered that the Helen Diller Family Foundationa fund controlled by the Jewish Community Federation of San Franciscoas well as the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles had donated a combined $350,000 to Canary Mission in 2016-2017."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"On March 27th, two days after masked immigration officers nabbed Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk off the street as part of the Trump administration crackdown on noncitizen activists, Canary Missionthe shadowy organization that operates a blacklist of Palestine solidarity activiststook credit for Ozturks targeting, tweeting that her Canary Mission profile [w]as the primary cause [of her detention]."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"In addition to sitting on the board of WINEP and co-funding a fellowship at the institute, Fromer has been a donor to the United Democracy Project, the Super PAC operated by AIPAC which supports primary challenges against progressive Democrats; his family foundation is also a funder for groups such as the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Birthright Israel, and the American Jewish Committee."
Israel
"The Fromers Canary Mission donation was routed through the Central Fund of Israel, a nonprofit that enables tax-exempt contributions to Israeli settlements in the West Bank."
Palestinian Territories
"Over time, these profiles came to be utilized not only by companies seeking to distance themselves from pro-Palestine employees, but also by Israeli border officials to deny people entry to Israel/Palestine, as well as by FBI agents to question student activists about instances of their pro-Palestine speech."
Egypt
"After an Egyptian American student attended a pro-Palestine demonstration at the University of Pennsylvania in October 2024, Canary Mission posted a profile of her, leading to death threats and calls for her deportation, according to Reuters."

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