In her new book, “The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State,” Emmaia Gelman examines the Anti-Defamation League’s history and its decades-long political project to support U.S. empire in the name of American Jews.

On July 18, the NEA Board of Directors voted to ignore a vote by 7,000 NEA members to end ties with the ADL. Still, union members are celebrating the original vote as a major shift among the rank and file toward Palestine and pledge to move forward.

The ADL’s reaction to Elon Musk’s “awkward gesture” proves that they’re not concerned with antisemitism. The group exists to defend Israel.