Activists in Illinois are intensifying efforts to repeal the state’s anti-BDS law, a move critics warn could allow public funds to support boycott campaigns against Israel that many Jewish groups consider discriminatory.

Bringing anti-Israel sentiment into the Academy Awards ceremony, as happened recently, isn't new. Listen to playwright Paddy Chayefsky’s brilliant response at the 1978 Academy Awards to Vanessa Redgrave’s infamous “Zionist hoodlums” speech. Notice the reaction of Jewish playwright Neil Simon in the audience.