--- title: Rabbis to Boycott Donald Trump at Pro-Israel Conference description: Over 40 rabbis have joined the boycott so far. canonical: https://time.com/4262924/rabbis-protest-donald-trump/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-17T16:25:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:22.291Z article:section: Politics og:title: Rabbis to Boycott Donald Trump at Pro-Israel Conference og:description: Over 40 rabbis have joined the boycott so far og:url: https://time.com/4262924/rabbis-protest-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e961fa8a7f3fdef/69888b63428a9e0ba1cd1d7c/donald-trump-rabbis-protest-pro-israel-event.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4620 og:image:height: 2599 og:image:alt: donald trump rabbis protest pro-israel event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rabbis to Boycott Donald Trump at Pro-Israel Conference twitter:description: Over 40 rabbis have joined the boycott so far twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e961fa8a7f3fdef/69888b63428a9e0ba1cd1d7c/donald-trump-rabbis-protest-pro-israel-event.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rabbis to Boycott Donald Trump Speech at Pro-Israel Conference > Sponsored content. 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The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Mar 17, 2016 4:25 PM UTC At least 40 rabbis [are set to boycott](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rabbis-call-for-boycott-of-trumps-speech-to-pro-israel-group/2016/03/17/8e2f2ea6-ea14-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e%5Fstory.html?postshare=7661458228067650&tid=ss%5Ftw) Donald Trump’s Monday remarks at a conference about Israel. Boycott organizers at this year’s meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said they did not want Trump’s participation in the annual conference to lend him any legitimacy, the Washington _Post_ reports. Some seemed uncomfortable with Trump’s sometimes abrasive rhetoric about immigrants and minority groups. “Jewish history teaches that when hatred is unleashed, it takes on a life of its own,” organizing Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin [told the _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rabbis-call-for-boycott-of-trumps-speech-to-pro-israel-group/2016/03/17/8e2f2ea6-ea14-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e%5Fstory.html?postshare=7661458228067650&tid=ss%5Ftw)_._ **MORE:** [**Donald Trump’s Complicated Relationship with Jewish Voters**](http://time.com/4254408/donald-trump-jewish-people-florida/) Trump has called himself pro-Israel, but has said he would like to appear “neutral” when it comes to Israel-Palestine peace talks, so as not to endanger any possible “deals.” The Republican Jewish Coalition, an organizational group of donors, will address its stance towards Donald Trump at its meeting in April this year, the [_Post_ ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rabbis-call-for-boycott-of-trumps-speech-to-pro-israel-group/2016/03/17/8e2f2ea6-ea14-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e%5Fstory.html?postshare=7661458228067650&tid=ss%5Ftw)[reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rabbis-call-for-boycott-of-trumps-speech-to-pro-israel-group/2016/03/17/8e2f2ea6-ea14-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e%5Fstory.html?postshare=7661458228067650&tid=ss%5Ftw). \[[_The Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rabbis-call-for-boycott-of-trumps-speech-to-pro-israel-group/2016/03/17/8e2f2ea6-ea14-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e%5Fstory.html?postshare=7661458228067650&tid=ss%5Ftw)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4262924/rabbis-protest-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4262924/rabbis-protest-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Rabbis to Boycott Donald Trump Speech at Pro-Israel Conference","datePublished":"2016-03-17T16:25:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:22.291Z","description":"Over 40 people are taking part in the boycott so far","url":"https://time.com/4262924/rabbis-protest-donald-trump/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e961fa8a7f3fdef/69888b63428a9e0ba1cd1d7c/donald-trump-rabbis-protest-pro-israel-event.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e961fa8a7f3fdef/69888b63428a9e0ba1cd1d7c/donald-trump-rabbis-protest-pro-israel-event.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald trump rabbis protest pro-israel event","caption":"donald trump rabbis protest pro-israel event","creditText":"The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4262924/rabbis-protest-donald-trump/","name":"Rabbis to Boycott Donald Trump Speech at Pro-Israel Conference"}}]}] ```