The Bad Optics of Fighting for Your Life
/Read the piece from Bari Weiss.
Israel's Iron Dome aerial defense system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip on May 11, 2021. (Jack Guez / AFP)
For the Sake of Peace, Israel Must Rout Hamas
/Read this insightful Bret Stephens article at the New York Times.
Source: Yonatan Sindel/FLASH 90, via Associated Press via the New York Times
UC Irivine Student Senate Passes BDS Resolution Against Israel
/Read the article from the Jerusalem Post.
Swastikas painted in front of California campus’ Jewish fraternity house
/“We awoke to multiple swastikas and anti-Semitic statements spray-painted on and in front of our house,”
AMCHA Letter to U.S. Secretary of Education -- Stop Funding Anti-Israel Programs→
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Spaca was proud to be a signatory on a letter sent in November to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The letter shared our concern about the epidemic support for an academic boycott of Israel on various college campuses. The letter furthermore explains how academic BDS impedes the educational opportunities of students and faculty and directly impair the purpose for which these centers had received federal funding.
Read the full story on the Jerusalem Post.
Read MoreA Landmark Settlement in the Lawsuit of The Lawfare Project and Winston & Strawn Against California State University (CSU)
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The Lawfare Project and Winston & Strawn LLP today reached a landmark settlement in their lawsuits against the California State University (CSU) public university system.
The settlement in Volk v. Board of Trustees comes ahead of this month's scheduled trial for a lawsuit brought by two Jewish students who allege that San Francisco State University (SFSU) and the Board of Trustees of CSU discriminated against them.
As part of the settlement, SFSU agreed to:
Read MoreA Large SPACA Event: Educating and Empowering High School Students and Families on Campus Anti-Semitism
/The SPACA event which included more than 160 high school students ,parents and grandparents proved to be a great success! Our panel discussion ,which included current College Students - Dalia Zahger, Joshua Yoni Nirenberg and Ofir Dayan, together with our moderator Ameer Benno educated and inspired our audience.
The Panelists: Ofir Dayan , Joshua Yoni Nirenberg, Dalia Zahger
SPACA President: Shoshana Bederman ( Far right)
SPACA Members: Tamar Ben-Simon , Sharon Freudenstein, Leetal Ben-Simon ( left to right)
Merrick Jewsih Center Organizer: Jodi Turk-Goldberg
The new reality as Jewish Students return to college Campus
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Jewish students are finding themselves unwelcome as they return to New York University, where over 50 student groups have signed a pledge to boycott Zionist clubs and all goods produced by Israelis. Don’t be fooled by their language: By “Zionists,” they mean Jews.
Read the story at the Daily Wire.
Read MoreSilence is Not an Option!
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Los Angeles city prosecutor Spencer Hart, who is reviewing the belligerent shutdown of a Students Supporting Israel panel at the University of California-Los Angeles on May 17, 2018, has requested additional investigative materials from the UCLA Police, according to a prosecution source.
http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/prosecutor-expands-ucla-disruption-probe-as-jewish-groups-extend-criminality-approach-to-other-campuses/2018/08/05/
Read MoreBarnard College to host NGO affiliated with terrorist organization/BY Aaron Bandler
/Barnard College, a private women’s liberal arts college in New York that partners with Columbia University, is hosting an event on August 2 that features an organization with alleged ties to the Palestinian terror group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Read MoreThe Israel Group Urges Santa Clara DA to Investigate Stanford Student’s Threats and Hate Crime Against Jews
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The Israel Group sent the following letter to the Santa Clara District Attorney;
August 2, 2018
Hon. Jeffrey F. Rosen
Santa Clara District Attorney
District Attorney’s Office – South County
17275 Butterfield Blvd., Suite A
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Re: Request to investigate threat and hate crime against Jews at Stanford University
Dear District Attorney Rosen,
In July 2018, Stanford University student Hamzeh Daoud, posted on his Facebook page the following:
Read MoreAMCHA Leads Coalition Urging Equal Protection from Anti-Zionist Harassment at UCLA
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On May 17th a Students Supporting Israel event at UCLA was violently disrupted by several protesters who verbal assaulted and intimidated participants, attempted to silence speakers, vandalized property, and threatened the safety of everyone in the hall.
SPACA along with other groups led by AMCHA, urged college administrators to act in the face of harassment and intimidation of Jewish and pro-Israel groups on campus.
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More than 60 groups have called on Columbia University, New York University, Syracuse University, and University of California Irvine on Tuesday to act against “a hostile climate for Jewish and Zionist students” on their campuses.
Read MoreSPACA Member Healing Soldiers With Art
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Bonnie didn’t know that her decision to move to Israel would lead her on a path to greatness. This is a story about an ordinary person leading an extraordinary life.
As a new olah, Bonnie Kranz Katzenstein, an artist and single mom of 3 grown children, hit the gleaming stone streets of Jerusalem where she currently resides, with a vivacious bounce. She established her own company, calling it Art Ba’Aretz (art in the land) and just weeks after her plane landed at Ben Gurion airport, she organized her first event inviting tour operators to Music Square in Jerusalem to introduce them to the concept of Art Ba’Aretz.
http://www.israellycool.com/2018/03/05/the-art-of-healing-idf-veterans/
Read MoreIsraeli Supreme Court President: BDS Not Entitled to Freedom of Speech/By JNi.Media
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Supreme Court President Esther Hayut told an international conference on BDS that any public call for a cultural, academic or economic boycott of an individual or institution solely because of their connection to the State of Israel is a civil wrong that constitutes grounds for a tort claim, Makor Rishon reported.
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Blatant Anti-Semitism at McGill University
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Canadian Jewish organizations expressed disappointment after a McGill University report found that the removal of a Jewish student from student government was anti-Israel, but not anti-Jewish, calling it a missed opportunity for the university to reckon with its culture of anti-Jewish hostility.
http://freebeacon.com/culture/jewish-orgs-outraged-mcgill-removal-jewish-student/
Read MoreStudents For Justice In Palestine Relies On A Network Of Hate
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For years, the anti-Israel group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has presented itself as an “independent grassroots organization” that supports justice and human rights while opposing all forms of bigotry. Their recently leaked SJP Divestment Handbook, however, reveals that SJP relies heavily on outside political groups — and often, ones that actively promote hate.
The SJP Divestment Handbook details the inner workings of SJP’s campaigns against Israel as a part of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement.
Read more: https://forward.com/scribe/393199/students-for-justice-in-palestine-relies-on-a-network-of-hate/
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