Jon Haber

Jon Haber is an American writer and political activist who has written internationally on the subject of divest-from-Israel campaigns and their impact on civil institutions such as municipalities, religious institutions and schools. cite news
url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525979283&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
title=The vampire's kiss
publisher=The Jerusalem Post
date=2006-08-31
author=Jon Haber] cite news
url=http://www.engageonline.org.uk/journal/index.php?journal_id=5&article_id=21
title=Divestment Meets its Waterloo in Somerville, Massachusetts
publisher=Engage
Issue=1
author=Jon Haber
date=2006-01] cite news
url=http://www.valleypatriot.com/VP010407haber.html
title=Now It's Andover's Turn
publisher=The Valley Patriot
author=John Haber
date=2007-01] Haber is the creator of the Web site Somerville Middle East Justice which chronicled the three-year battle against municipal divestment in Somerville, Massachusetts [cite web
url=http://somervillemejustice.com
title=Somerville Middle East Justice
author=Jon Haber] He also worked with Presbyterian anti-divestment activist Will Spotts on the Web site Bearing Witness (now defunct) which contributed to the successful 2006 campaign to see the Presbyterian Church PCUSA overturn its 2004 decision to begin a "phased, selective" program in corporations that do business in Israel.

A recurring theme in the author's work is what he refers to as the "corrupting impact" of divestment programs on the organizations that embrace them. He dubs this phenomenon "The Vampire's Kiss" , an allusion to the legend that vampires (which he likens to the destructive force of divestment programs on civic institutions) can only enter one's house if invited.

In addition to providing commentary on divestment campaigns to various publications,cite news
url=http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/this_weeks_issue/editorial/?content_id=4814
title=Damaging Divestment
date=2008-06-30
publisher=The Jewish Advocate] Haber has been a movie reviewer for The Boston Globe and Boston NPR station WBUR, as well as writing on the intersection of politics, economics and popular culture for the online publication TCS Dailycite news
url=http://www.tcsdaily.com/Authors.aspx?id=796
title=Articles by Jon Haber in TCS Daily
publisher=TCS Daily
author=Jon Haber
date=2004-2005]

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