WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 20: Ben and Jerry’s ice cream is stored in a cooler at an event where founders Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen gave away ice cream to bring attention to police reform at the U.S. Supreme Court on May 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. The two are urging the ending of police qualified immunity. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Ben & Jerry’s: Has Criticism of Israel Reached a Tipping Point?

July 27, 2021

Listen:

Is it over? At the risk of being alarmist, at the risk of exaggeration, and at the risk of recency bias, I can’t help but see two recent events in the media and not notice that something has fundamentally shifted.

And the implications of that shift are fundamentally frightening.

Ben and Jerry’s, this beloved brand, started by two Jewish men, which is the darling of the stakeholder capitalism movement, which, for many, is synonymous wit...