Plant trees, ogle breasts, plant trees.

by Rooftopper Rav [➚] · Monday, September 17th, 2007

It looks like JNF has reversed course. Kudos to them for admitting a mistake.

From: Anita Jacobs
Date: Sep 17, 2007 8:26 AM
Subject: JNF will remove playboy auction item
To: Anita Jacobs

Thank you for your concern regarding the auction of more than 100
items including the Playboy Mansion golf tournament item at a local
New York JNF event.

JNF more often than not gets things right, but of course sometimes we
don’t. Clearly this is a case of poor judgment.

The item in question was donated by local New York lay leaders who
were only trying to help raise money. If JNF could reverse its course
we would, but since we can’t, we apologize for accepting the donation
and have removed the item from the list.

Wishing you a Shana Tova.

Jewish National Fund

Filed under Activism, Environment, Ethics

2 Responses to “Plant trees, ogle breasts, plant trees.”

They only “admitted” their mistake in the face of overwhelming condemnation. Ms. Jacobs was previously reported as making comments to the effect of “This is America,” “People won’t bid on it if they don’t want it.” She’s lucky she still has her job.

—Davidg · September 17th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
[...] According to the fine folks at Jewschool, the outraged voices of a lot of folks have turned the tide of misogyny. [...]

—The Lilith Blog :: Just Not Getting It · September 18th, 2007 at 9:39 am

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