ADVANCED PRAISE

  • “All thanks to Lana Melman for her reasoned, probative, and temperate refutation of anti-Zionism’s terror.”

    —David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, filmmaker, and author

  • “This book gives us the inside view and a clear understanding of the fight we must undertake…we must stand up, then raise our voices.”

    —Russell Robinson, CEO, Jewish National Fund (JNF)

  • “Lana Melman shines a light on how antisemitism impacts the entertainment industry and on the hypocrisy that underpins the BDS movement.”

    —Ben Silverman, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning producer behind The Office, Jane the Virgin, and Ugly Betty, among many others

  • “Artists Under Fire should ignite the fair-minded to fight the increasing denigration and demonization of Israel and of Jews. A full, fair, and necessary account of an alarming, growing trend.”

    —David Wolpe, named by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America

  • An eye-opening, justifiably angry book set in the high-octane world of entertainment, where artists have become fearful that their livelihoods will be ended and reputations ruined with a tweet. A must-read by industry insider Lana Melman, for anyone interested in the arts, artists, Hollywood, and the real threat of antisemitism to our industry.”

    —David Zucker, producer/writer/director (The Naked Gun franchise, Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4, Scary Movie 5, and Airplane!)

  • “Lana Melman takes the reader on a vivid tour of recent history, recounting inspiring yet alarming stories about those celebrities who refused to be intimidated by BDS: a campaign that is superficially targeted against Israel yet based on elements of underlying antisemitism. Vivid, immediate, and compelling - anyone who cares about Israelis, Palestinians, or how to accurately understand modern antisemitism, as well as the media's failure to properly tell us this important story, should consider Artists Under Fire to be required reading.”

    —Daniel Pomerantz, CEO, HonestReporting

  • “Lana Melman’s truth-telling is refreshing, accurate, and powerful. If this book does not wake up the woke and the rest of us to the dangers of cancel culture and Jew-hatred, I don’t know what will.”

    —Rabbi Steve Leder, author of The Beauty of What Remains

  • “I would like to thank Lana Melman and Liberate Art for everything you do to counter the attempt of a cultural boycott against Israel.”

    —Sam Grundwerg, former Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles

  • “Melman’s hands-on experience countering the cultural boycott offers a unique perspective and important new tools to win this battle. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.”

    —Andrew M. Genger, Red Light Management

  • “The relentless attack on Israel, the Jewish state, through BDS is carefully delineated in Lana Melman’s new book. It is an unvarnished indictment of those antisemitic forces in the arts who seek to stifle other artists to suit their political agendas.”

    —Rabbi David Baron, Temple of the Arts