‘Apartheid Week’ really does threaten Israel, some experts warn

By Matt Lebovic for The Times of Israel

Going against prevailing wisdom, pro-Israel voices sound the alarm on Students for Justice in Palestine’s flagship project, saying the annual campus onslaught fuels attacks on Jewish students, erodes support for Israel

BOSTON — For more than a decade, “Israeli Apartheid Week” has appeared at dozens of campuses worldwide, as the Jewish state’s detractors take center-stage to condemn the “settler-colonial project” where “apartheid policies over the Palestinian people” amount to “ethnic cleansing,” according to IAW’s mission statement.

In the assessment of some Israel supporters, loud elements of the pro-Israel community have made mountains out of molehills with their reaction to IAW, the annual Israel-bashing fest of Students for Justice in Palestine. In the words of an anonymous “Northeast Hillel director” quoted by JTA this week, “Apartheid Week” and other SJP activities amount to “kind of a big nothing.

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10 Campus Rabbis Who Are Even More Legendary Than Their Impressive Facial Hair

Here’s a list of 10 mensches from campuses across the U.S. with stories that’ll blow your mind.

Paul (Paltiel) Ratzenberg for Community on BuzzFeed
Since encountering Chabad during my studies at University of Cincinnati, (huge shout out to Rabbi Yitzi and Dina Creeger!) I personally have encountered each one of these impeccable rabbis through various outlets, such as shabbat dinners, shabbatons, and Birthright trips. We’ve kibitzed, laughed, and cried. Actually, we’ve never cried, but I’m open to it!

Check out the list of legendary Chabad on Campus rabbis below and stay tuned for my list of legendary campus Rebbetzins (female religious leaders)!

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Bringing Start-Up Nation to Campus

Elliot Mathias for The Times of Israel

Spring semester is usually when BDS efforts on US campuses heat up.  Pro-Israel students usually find themselves on the defensive, doing their utmost to fight off the lies and distortions thrown at them.

Recent anti-Israel activity on campuses have raised the stakes even higher as Israel haters have worked diligently to reach beyond their own base.  They have successfully built relationships and created allies with “marginalized” minority groups who have proven easy prey for the anti-Israel propagandists’ false self-description of being the marginalized, the oppressed, the victim.

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A Question for Jewish College Students in America Who Side With Israel’s Enemies

From the algemeiner.com   
Here’s a question for those fearless Jewish college students, in groups like Jewish Voice for Peace, who have made common cause with Palestinian crusaders, given to the incessant chant of “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free.”

Do you know what you are chanting? Have you figured what it is actually between the river and the sea? And what happens when Palestine is free?

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