https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/02/07/bds
There was a lot to jeer at this past Sunday. (Feb. 3) I’m not referring to the lackluster Super Bowl game in Atlanta, but rather the shameful Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) protest against the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO)in front of Carnegie Hall.
The IPO annual gala took place on February 3 to raise money for the legendary orchestra, and featured a brunch and concert performance. As attendees entered the concert hall, they were jeered at by BDS proponents calling for a cultural boycott of the Jewish state.
The IPO was partly created as a refuge for Jewish musicians facing boycotts and imminent death during the rise of Nazi Germany. Its founder, Bronislav Huberman — a Polish violin virtuoso and child prodigy who had performed countless concerts all over the world — found work in Europe scarce as the cloud of Jew-hatred spread over the continent.
He fled to pre-state Israel, where he envisaged an orchestra as a refuge for musicians persecuted by the Nazis, as well as a contribution to Jewish cultural life in the young city of Tel Aviv.