Maddie Ulanow
Overview
Maddie Ulanow is an activist with IfNotNow (INN) who has supported violent protesters and attended an INN training event co-led by Taher Herzallah of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) in 2018.She has also defended anti-Israel agitators and demonized Jewish organizations.
As of June 2019, Ulanow’s LinkedIn page said she was an advisory consultant at Deloitte since May 2019 and a Field Organizer at Dan Feehan for Congress from August to December 2018.
Her LinkedIn page also said she was the “Director of US Operations” for Reclaim Childhood from June 2017 to August 2018 and their “Jordan Programs Director” from May 2016 to August 2017. Reclaim Childhood is based in Amman, Jordan.
Ulanow’s LinkedIn page also said she received a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Government from Carleton College (Carleton), in Minnesota, in 2015.
Supporting Violent Protesters
On April 5, 2018, Ulanow participated in an INN DC demonstration outside American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)’s headquarters in Washington D.C., “to protest the killing of Palestinian protestors” during Gaza’s Great March of Return. During the protest, Ulanow and other INN activists blocked AIPAC’s front door and held up an INN sign.During the protest, Natalie Bernstien, an INN activist, read [00:32:12] out the name of the Palestinians killed during the protest and then INN DC recited the mourner’s Kaddish for them.
The Jewish ritual of the Mourner’s Kaddish is a prayer customarily reserved for close relatives or Jews murdered for being Jews.
Most of the Gazans who died between March 30 and April 6, 2018, were identified as terror operatives who were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks, rioting against IDF forces or attempting to breach the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
INN Activity
On May 19, 2018, Ulanow posed for a group photo posted on Facebook, from an INN DC training event co-led by Taher Herzallah, the Associate Director of Outreach & Grassroots Organizing of AMP.INN’s comment on the Facebook photo described the training as gathering to “learn more about the history of Gaza, Palestinian non-violent resistance and how our community can take action to oppose the Israeli Military's recent actions.”
In May 2018, terror group Hamas instigated violent riots on the Israeli-Gaza border. Thousands of rioters attempted to breach Israel’s border fence, declaring their intention to harm Jews across the border under the pretext of “peaceful resistance.”
On May 16, 2018, a Hamas senior official, Salah al-Bardawil, stated that 50 out of 62 protesters killed during the May 14 Gaza border protest were Hamas operatives. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also claimed that three of its members were killed at the same protest.
On April 15, 2018, during the March of Return riots on Israel’s border with Gaza, Ulanow indicated on Facebook that she “went” to INN DC’s “IfNotNow DC Hive Meeting.”
The hive meeting Facebook event description said: “It's a difficult time in Israel/Palestine, with more IDF violence against nonviolent Palestinian protesters expected on Friday…”
On April 7, 2018, Ulanow indicated on Facebook that she “went” to INN DC’s “Let My People Know: IfNotNow DC Passover Seder.”
A Seder is a Jewish Passover ritual, that involves telling the story of the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in ancient Egypt and their travels to the Promised Land.
Defending Anti-Israel Agitators
On February 16, 2018, Ulanow was part of an INN DC delegation to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s office “to demonstrate that #westandwithilhan against the recent racist and Islamophobic attacks she has had to face.”Ilhan Omar was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2018. In February 2019, top Congressional leaders denounced Omar for tweeting anti-Semitic remarks.Omar has demonized Israel and endorsed BDS. In July 2019, Omar introduced a pro-BDS resolution in the U.S. Congress, which she described as “an opportunity for us to explain why it is we support…the BDS movement.”
Ulanow and INN DC also visited Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s office “to thank her.”
Rashida Tlaib was elected to the U.S. Congress in November 2018. She has advocated for a one-state solution, endorsed the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and called for reduced foreign aid to Israel. In July 2019, Tlaib co-sponsored a pro-BDS bill in the U.S. Congress introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Demonizing Jewish Organizations
On April 5, 2019, Ulanow shared on Facebook INN New York’s video of a demonstration the group held at Birthright Israel’s headquarters in NYC. The demonstration was called: “Birthright: It's Time to Choose - Us or the Donors?”
The event’s Facebook description said that “hundreds” of young Jews...will converge on Birthright’s headquarters to give them one final chance to choose between the demands of INN members and their current policy.”
INN activists reportedly chanted outside of Birthright headquarters, linked arms and blocked entrances to the building. Fifteen activists were arrested [01:21:07] for refusing to move after ignoring [00:24:30] multiple warnings [00:49:33] by local [00:52:02] police.
Ulanow retweeted a March 26, 2019 tweet during the 2019 AIPAC conference that said: “AIPAC upholds Israel’s military occupation & supports anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia. I'll share a few. #RejectAIPAC.”
Ulano also retweeted a tweet from the same day featuring an INN poster that said: “AIPAC spreads Islamophobia.”
She retweeted another a tweet from March 26, 2019 that said: “#AIPAC2019 As Jews we need to face it.The situation in Israel is a human and moral disaster. We need to stop being complicit and stand behind our values #RejectAIPAC @IfNotNowOrg.”
IfNotNow (INN)
IfNotNow (INN) is an anti-Israel organization founded in 2014, in response to Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE) against Hamas.
INN claims to be “young Jews angered by the overwhelmingly hawkish response of American Jewish institutions” to OPE. INN presents three demands on its website: “Stop the War on Gaza, End the Occupation, and Freedom and Dignity for All.”
INN defines “the Occupation as the military rule over Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza,” which is land Israel has controlled for nearly 50 years since the 1967 Six-Day War. However, INN leaders have made [00:34:32] the claim [00:13:49] at protests that the occupation is 70 years long, referring to Israel’s founding in 1948.
INN actions have aimed to demonize [00:38:13] Israel, harass [00:05:44] mainstream American Jewish organizations like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and decrease support for Israel among American Jews.
INN has used “public action and imaginative ritual” to achieve its goals, including disruptions where activists were arrested.
One of the high-profile arrests occurred at a May 2018 disruption at a U.S. Senator’s office in Washington, D.C. to protest legislation against the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
At the same incident, INN used [00:07:17] the Jewish ritual of the Mourner’s Kaddish prayer to mourn [00:09:10] protesters who were killed during the Hamas-organized and funded Great March of Return riots on the Israel-Gaza border.
INN activists have also staged and promoted walk-offs from Birthright Israel trips, a heritage trip to Israel for young Jewish adults from across the world.
INN claims to be “young Jews angered by the overwhelmingly hawkish response of American Jewish institutions” to OPE. INN presents three demands on its website: “Stop the War on Gaza, End the Occupation, and Freedom and Dignity for All.”
INN defines “the Occupation as the military rule over Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza,” which is land Israel has controlled for nearly 50 years since the 1967 Six-Day War. However, INN leaders have made [00:34:32] the claim [00:13:49] at protests that the occupation is 70 years long, referring to Israel’s founding in 1948.
INN actions have aimed to demonize [00:38:13] Israel, harass [00:05:44] mainstream American Jewish organizations like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and decrease support for Israel among American Jews.
INN has used “public action and imaginative ritual” to achieve its goals, including disruptions where activists were arrested.
One of the high-profile arrests occurred at a May 2018 disruption at a U.S. Senator’s office in Washington, D.C. to protest legislation against the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
At the same incident, INN used [00:07:17] the Jewish ritual of the Mourner’s Kaddish prayer to mourn [00:09:10] protesters who were killed during the Hamas-organized and funded Great March of Return riots on the Israel-Gaza border.
INN activists have also staged and promoted walk-offs from Birthright Israel trips, a heritage trip to Israel for young Jewish adults from across the world.
INN claims to take no position on the BDS movement and that it is “open to any who seek to shift the American Jewish public away from the status quo that upholds the Occupation.” However, INN organizes with pro-BDS, anti-Israel organizations including American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).
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