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Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, CEO of National Jewish Advocacy Center, testifies at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing on antisemitism on college campuses on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2024. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images.
Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, CEO of National Jewish Advocacy Center, testifies at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing on antisemitism on college campuses on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2024. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images.

(Aug. 20, 2026 / JNS) This week, Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder and the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) delivered a decisive, precedent-setting legal victory that cuts to the core of how antisemitism is litigated and understood in America.

Thanks to Goldfeder and NJAC, a federal court has ruled that attacking a Jew for wearing an Israeli flag is direct evidence of racial discrimination. The “it’s just anti-Zionism, not antisemitism” defense was raised, fully briefed and rejected.

The case of Sumrall v. Ali was brought after pro-Israel activist Kimmara Sumrall was assaulted at a demonstration in Washington, D.C., while she was wearing an Israeli flag tied around her neck as a cape. The defendant approached from behind, yanked the flag hard enough to choke her and was later sued. Representing Sumrall, NJAC pressed claims under the Reconstruction-era civil rights statute known as Section 1981...

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