Jewish anti-racism groups mobilized against Islamophobia after the Park51 controversy

Evidence

Marjorie Dove Kent is the executive director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), an organization that mobilizes Jews to combat racism and economic inequity in New York City. The organization participates in a larger coalition called the Jews Against Islamophobia Coalition that arose in response to the Park51 controversy in lower Manhattan in 2010. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 715

Categorization

• XREF: Connects the Park51/Ground Zero mosque controversy to the modern Islamophobia frame discussed throughout the book. — connects to: Rights-based anti-racism can bridge Muslim and Jewish causes where identity politics cannot. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 716; Anti-Muslim animus unites groups that were themselves former racist targets — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 464; Pro-Israeli groups incubated organized Islamophobia years before Obama. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 665