The New York Senate is weighing legislation that would restrict the government from contracting with individuals or companies that are boycotting Israel. The stated purpose of Senate Bill S706, sponsored by State Senator Anna Kaplan and co-sponsored by State Senator Todd Kaminsky, is to “prohibit New York State from contracting with corporations that are boycotting Israel." “As the only Jewish religious refugee in the New York State legislature, I consider it my solemn duty to speak out in support of Israel, and to stand up against the antisemitic BDS movement that targets the world's only Jewish state to the exclusion...