‘Boycott Israel,’ says Jewish rapper

Reggae musician Ari Lesser reaches out to college students with a hip anti-BDS message

By Amanda Borschel-Dan for The Times of Israel

New hasbara YouTube sensation “Boycott Israel” could only have been written by musician Ari Lesser.

A political science BA from the University of Oregon, the 27-year-old ba’al tshuva reggae rapper is probably the only musician around capable of undertaking the long hours of research involved in making the extremely informative, catchy six-minute song.

“Boycott Israel,” sponsored by the pro-Israel campus advocacy group Here Is Israel (with the motto “get HII for Israel”), is a fascinating, rhythmically rhymed exposure of the double standards involved in the global BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) efforts against Israel.


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