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Anna Kolodner is an American pro-Israel activist best known for her leadership role as Educational Director at The David Project, a Boston-based nonprofit organization focused on education and advocacy against antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment. In this capacity, she developed programs targeting college campuses and community outreach to promote awareness of threats from radical Islamism. During her tenure, she coordinated legal strategy and opposition to the Islamic Society of Boston's proposed mosque expansion in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 2007, working with local residents and officials, she highlighted funding from overseas sources linked to Hamas operatives, including the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society and individuals associated with the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing case. The intense public campaign, involving packed hearings and media exposure, resulted in the project's withdrawal on June 20, 2007, amid financial and political pressures. Kolodner has been featured in documentaries and reports on Islamist extremism, including contributions to the film 'Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West' (2005). Her work emphasized legal and community strategies to challenge projects with suspected terror ties, though she faced criticism from mosque supporters for alleged Islamophobia.