[Crossposted from JStreetJive with additional material.]

When we did our original analysis of The Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston cash grants to organizations that demonstrated extreme animus towards Israel (Guess Who's Dining at CJP's Trough?, What We Should Expect From CJP) -- and in some cases -- advocated the dissolution of the Jewish State - we missed possibly the most extreme, anti-Israel group of all - The Haymarket People's Fund. This group maintains an extremist agenda against Israel.

The Haymarket People's Fund has bankrolled the Somerville Divestment Project (SDP) for years. They have tried in vain to convince the voters of that city close to Boston to:

One of the founders of the SDP was one Ron Francis (no longer in New England), an Andover High School teacher whose virtual every waking moment was spent in demonizing and attempting to harm Israel.

Most shockingly of all, while the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council was participating in the campaign opposing the Somerville Divestment Project, its parent, the CJP, was funding (most likely, indirectly) the SDP through the Haymarket grant! Even if the grant was earmarked for another Haymarket project, the overall, intensely anti-Israel nature of the charity should have been recognized. After all, no mainstream Jewish philanthropy would fund Hamas' "social service" wing and then claim that no money was given to the "military" wing.

Of course, we don't believe that CJP is anti-Israel. They fund and organize wonderful and indispensable programs in Haifa and other Israeli cities. They support strongly pro-Zionist organizations directly and through their Donor Advised Funds as we have noted. They were instrumental in defeating the SDP ballot initiative.

But who's minding the store at 126 High Street? Spending roughly one minute googling Haymarket People's Fund will reveal their extreme, anti Israel agenda. Funding an organization like Haymarket is beyond the pale. Can you imagine the NAACP funding a white supremacist organization?

SDP Rally in Boston

CJP has to get its act together. The donor guidelines we suggested in a previous posting should provide a basis for ensuring that the organization is not working at cross purposes. Donors who wish to channel their charitable contributions through CJP to groups like Haymarket must be informed about their lethal goals or have their offers rejected.

Here's a short video of the kind of activities CJP should not be funding, even indirectly or inadvertently:

Martin Solomon adds: Charles Baker, Republican candidate for Governor, was caught up in a controversy over his firm's charitable contributions that included a much smaller contribution to the Haymarket People's Fund and, in turn, the SDP: MA Governor Candidate Haunted by His Foundation's Donations. The linked article is now offline, but here's the operative section:

I mention this to show that the Haymarket/SDP connection is an odious enough association that even the non-Jewish media consider a much smaller contribution problematic.