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The organization collects donations<ref>{{Cite web|title=Donate – The World Values Network|url=https://worldvalues.us/donate/|access-date=2021-05-26|language=en-US}}</ref> and has funded newspaper advertisements about [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitism]] and [[anti-Zionism]]. It has placed ads condemning celebrities that criticize Israel or support Palestinians including [[Lorde]],<ref name="auto24" /> [[Natalie Portman]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=McGreal|first=Chris|date=2018-06-08|title=Sheldon Adelson: the casino mogul driving Trump's Middle East policy|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/08/sheldon-adelson-trump-middle-east-policy|access-date=2021-01-06|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Dua Lipa]], [[Bella Hadid]] and [[Gigi Hadid]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-23 |title=Dua Lipa criticizes Shmuley Boteach's org for calling her antisemitic |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/dua-lipa-criticizes-shmuely-boteachs-org-for-calling-her-antisemitic-668904 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}</ref> Secretary of State [[John Kerry]]'s work towards the 2015 [[Iran nuclear deal framework|Iran nuclear deal]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Siegman|first=Henry|date=2015-11-24|title=Violence, Moral Equivalence, and the End of a Two-State Solution in Israel-Palestine|work=The Nation|language=en-US|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/violence-moral-equivalence-and-the-end-of-a-two-state-solution-in-israel-palestine/|access-date=2021-01-02|issn=0027-8378}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 28, 2015|title=Boteach Fundraising for NYT Ad Against Kerry|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2015/10/boteach-fundraising-for-nyt-ad-against-kerry/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Jewish Insider}}</ref> Congresswoman [[Rashida Tlaib]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boteach's NYT ad skewered on Twitter for attacking Rashida Tlaib|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/boteachs-nyt-ad-skewered-on-twitter-for-attacking-rashida-tlaib-591612|access-date=January 6, 2021|website=The Jerusalem Post|first= Shaked |last= Karabelnicoff |date=June 5, 2019|language=en-US}}</ref> and U.S. Representative [[Ilhan Omar]] for her Anti-Zionist remarks.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McKay|first=Hollie|date=2019-05-01|title=Photographer threatens lawsuit against Jewish group over the 'unauthorized' use of Rep. Ilhan Omar image|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/photographer-threatens-lawsuit-against-jewish-group-over-the-unauthorized-use-of-rep-ilhan-omar-image|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2015, US National Security Advisor [[Susan Rice]] criticized Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] for agreeing to speak to [[United States Congress|Congress]] about [[Nuclear program of Iran|Iran's nuclear program]] without coordinating with the Obama administration.<ref name="Times of Israel">{{cite web|date= March 1, 2015|title=Jewish groups condemn Boteach 'genocide' ad on Susan Rice|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-groups-roundly-condemn-boteach-ad-on-susan-rice/|work=Times of Israel}}</ref> The World Values Network placed an ad in ''[[The New York Times]]'' in response that read "Susan Rice has a blind spot: Genocide", and said that her action had "injected a degree of partisanship" that is "destructive of the fabric of the relationship" between the US and Israel. The ad faced widespread criticism by Jewish organizations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-01|title=Jewish groups slam Boteach ad on Susan Rice|url=https://www.jta.org/2015/02/28/united-states/slam-boteach-ad-on-susan-rice|access-date=2021-01-07|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL) criticized the ad, stating "there is no justification for this incendiary personal attack."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-28 |title=ADL Calls Attack Ad Against Susan Rice "Perverse and Incendiary" |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/adl-calls-attack-ad-against-susan-rice-perverse-and-incendiary |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.adl.org}}</ref> In an article for [[The Washington Post|''The Washington Post'']], rabbi [[Jill Jacobs (rabbi)|Jill Jacobs]] also criticized Boteach for the ad and labeling himself "America's rabbi," as no such position exists. Jacobs wrote "Rabbi Boteach may claim to be America’s rabbi. But America’s real rabbis are the ones who reject cowardly attacks and take the risk of standing up for the rights of all people."<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Jill |date=March 4, 2015 |title=Shmuley Boteach isn't 'America's rabbi' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/03/04/shmuley-boteach-isnt-americas-rabbi/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> After continued backlash, Boteach apologized, saying that the disagreement was over policy, and he did not intend to make a personal attack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/03/10/dear-susan-rice-im-sorry/|title=Dear Susan Rice, I'm sorry|first=Shmuley|last=Boteach|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=March 6, 2015|title=Rabbi apologizes for ad accusing Susan Rice of being blind to genocide|work=124 News|url=http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/63393-150306-rabbi-apologizes-for-ad-accusing-susan-rice-of-being-blind-to-genocide|access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> Speaking to [[CNN]], he said the purpose of the ad was to bring attention to his perception that the United States government has ignored genocides in the past, and continues to do so.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ben-Gedalyahu|first=Tzvi|date=March 2, 2015|title=Rabbi Boteach Shoots Back at Critics and Calls Susan Rice a 'Bully'|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/rabbi-boteach-shoots-back-at-critics-and-call-susan-rice-a-bully-video/2015/03/02/|access-date=March 3, 2015|work=The Jewish Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/29/ted-cruz-s-favorite-rabbi|title=Ted Cruz's Favorite Rabbi; Ted Cruz and rabbi to the stars Shmuley Boteach have forged an unlikely friendship over an unusual issue: the release of a convicted spy.|first=Betsy|last=Swan|date=November 29, 2015|work=The Daily Beast}}</ref>

In 2018, New Zealander singer [[Lorde]] cancelled a [[Tel Aviv]] concert in support of the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions|Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions]] movement.<ref name="auto25"/><ref name="auto24">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/proisrael-group-calls-lorde-a-bigot-in-fullpage-ad-in-washington-post-20180101-h0bycw.html|title=Pro-Israel group calls Lorde a 'bigot' in full-page ad in Washington Post|date=January 1, 2018|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/02/lorde-labeled-a-bigot-for-canceling-israel-concert-in-full-page-ad.html|title=Singer Lorde cancels Israel concert, labeled a 'bigot' in full-page Washington Post ad|first=Lucy|last=Handley|date=January 2, 2018|website=CNBC}}</ref><ref name=lou>{{Cite news|last1=Kershner|first1=Isabel|last2=Specia|first2=Megan|date=2018-04-20|title=Natalie Portman Backs Out of Israeli Award Ceremony |language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/world/middleeast/natalie-portman-genesis-prize.html|access-date=January 2, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The World Values Network placed an ad in response, calling her a "bigot". The criticism was one of several denunciations from well-known Israelis and Zionist leaders of her cancellation, and the Zionist Federation of New Zealand and the Jewish Council of New Zealand were also critical of her, though the ad itself was met with a distancing by the council.<ref name="auto24"/><ref name=lou/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jewish Council distances itself from Lorde ad|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jewish-council-distances-itself-from-lorde-ad/S6VEKYP4BINVEDZK7JOBT5CFQU/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=NZ Herald|language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ziv|first=Stav|date=January 3, 2018|title=Lorde is a 'bigot' who 'chose Putin's Russia over Israel,' Rabbi Shmuley says|url=https://www.newsweek.com/lorde-bigot-chose-putins-russia-over-israel-rabbi-shmuley-769170|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref>