A small town outside of Boston has quietly emerged as a central battleground in nationwide efforts by anti-Israel activists to force divestment from Israel under the guise of so-called Values-Aligned Local Investments laws. In Medford, Mass., where one of these divestment initiatives is being challenged in court, a network of anti-Israel lawyers has jumped into the case, seeking to ensure the measure stays in place, an outcome that could supercharge similar schemes nationwide. But Jewish groups