(archived from March 7, 2009)
by
Scott Creighton
George
Sisk recently wrote an OpEd, published in the State Journal Register
of Springfield, Il., titled “In
My View: Don’t Blame Israelis for Civilian Deaths“.
This
article was sent to me by Scott Humphries with the express purpose
that this kind of misinformation must not be allowed to go
unchallenged. He is absolutely correct.
It
is not surprising that Mr. Sisk would publicly take this point of
view considering that he is listed as the chair of the Jewish
Community Relations Council
(JCRC), the self proclaimed “public relations arm” of
Springfield Jewish Federation
(SJF), whose stated goal is to “…advocate
on behalf of Israel...”.
“Jewish
Community Relations Council (JCRC), is the public relations arm of
SJF. The JCRC is comprised of
members of the Jewish community who keep up to date on issues
concerning and of interest to the Jewish community, advocate
on behalf of Israel and speak
out against antisemitism and other forms of discrimination and
bigotry.” SJF
The
SJF is an organization that openly admits on their website mission
statement to “...
community-wide programming...”
on behave of Israel and the Jewish people. All of this is public
knowledge and available right on the SJF website that is linked to
Mr. Sisk’s email address that he attached to his OpEd piece.