New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s decision to air the 30-second spot produced by his non-profit, Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, during the Super Bowl, comes amid a dramatic spike in antisemitic incidents following the Oct. 7th massacre against Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorists.
NY Post (h/t Nita) New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s nonprofit will run a Super Bowl ad as part of its “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign, according to a report. The 30-second ad produced by Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism comes amid a dramatic spike in antisemitic incidents following the Oct. 7 assault against Israel by Hamas terrorists.
College campuses have been roiled by pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel demonstrations since nearly 1,200 Israeli soldiers and civilians were slaughtered in a cross-border terrorist attack by Hamas gunmen who invaded the country’s territory from the Gaza Strip.
“With the horrific rise in Jewish hate and all hate across our nation, we must stand up and take urgent action now,” Kraft said in a statement on Wednesday.
“For the first time, FCAS will air an emotive ad during the Super Bowl, football’s ultimate championship game which brings people of all backgrounds together, to showcase examples of how people can #StandUptoJewishHate and inspire more people to join the fight against all hate.”
The “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” ad campaign was launched during the NFL season last year in response to several antisemitic incidents, including highly inflammatory comments by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.
Kraft, 82, has also committed $25 million to raise awareness of antisemitism, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Massachusetts native has also donated millions of dollars to causes in Israel, including the funding of sports complexes and other philanthropic endeavors.
CBS, the Paramount Global-owned television network, will air the big game, which will take place on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Last year, Fox, the network that aired the Super Bowl, charged $7 million for a 30-second commercial. In 2022, the price of a 30-second ad during the game ranged from $6.5 million to $7 million.
Kraft founded the nonprofit in 2019 following high-profile hate crimes and incidents such as the 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue as well as an attack on a Jewish house of worship in Poway, Calif. the following year.
In the days and weeks following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, Kraft matched a $100 million donation to his foundation — resulting in a $200 million cash injection that will keep the group running for years to come.
“We have so many young people organizing and supporting terrorist groups,” Kraft said in December.
I don’t get it. I thought most Americans like Jews, or at least do not believe in anti-Semitism.
It’s nothing like Europe. At the MNC company where I work, we have coworkers from other remote locations, and even countries. There is this Polish lady for example. She’s very nice to me but she once categorically told me that she dislikes the Jews, that they’re responsible for all the problems in the world.
At the same time, she isn’t a big fan of Moslems either. She doesn’t like to deal with my Hijabi bitch Moslem coworker that I previously talked about.
I don’t think any Americans would have the kind of instinctual hatred towards the Jews like this Polish coworker of mine.
So where do these anti-Semitic incidents come from? Americans irrespective of their political inclination, aren’t anti-Jewish.
And Moslems are only like 1-2% population in the US. Not like France at 10-15% or UK at 8%.
It used to be like that until millions of Muslims were let into this country. Henry Ford started it. His Jew hatred was so deep that he imported tens of thousands of Muslims to work in his factories, the reason why Michigan has one of the highest population of Muslims. GW Bush and Obama added to that by importing millions of Muslims. Anti-semitism has always been there, right below the surface, but Muslims, especially the ones in Congress, have emboldened the covert Jew haters on the left to come out of the closet. Contrary to popular belief, Nazis were leftists, as in “National Socialists.” Today we have the Democrat Socialists who are picking up where Hitler left off.
This makes me happy to have been a Patriot fan for years.