Haber's Zionist activism dates to November 3, 1994, when during an
MIT forum on the subject of Jewish fundamentalism hosting
Noam Chomsky and
Israel Shahak, he circulated an unsigned pamphlet denouncing the two speakers, later rising during the presentation to announce his authorship of the text when challenged. Haber later took to
USENET to reprint the writing and to defend his actions. In 2004, he renewed his commitments when anti-Israel activists proposed that the Board of Aldermen in his hometown of
Somerville, Massachusetts should boycott Israel. Haber is the creator of the Web site
Somerville Middle East Justice, which chronicled the three-year battle against municipal divestment in
Somerville, Massachusetts He also worked with Presbyterian anti-divestment activist Will Spotts on the Web site
Bearing Witness (now defunct) which contributed to the successful 2006 campaign to see the Presbyterian Church
PCUSA overturn its 2004 decision to begin a "phased, selective" program in corporations that do business in Israel. He is also the creator of the Web site
DivestThis!, which chronicles the ongoing failures of the BDS movement, and an online guide of the same name. A recurring theme in the author's work is what he refers to as the "corrupting impact" of divestment programs on the organizations that embrace them. He dubs this phenomenon "The Vampire's Kiss", Haber has been a movie reviewer for
The Boston Globe and Boston NPR station
WBUR, as well as writing on the intersection of politics, economics and popular culture for the online publication
TCS Daily. ==References==