Hillel International
“By organizing relationship-building initiatives, students will engage their peers in conversation, organize jointly led programs with student groups, and create initiatives such as interfaith seders, dialogue nights and cultural exchanges,” said Hillel International vice president of communications Matthew Berger.
Bond has been set at $10,000. If convicted, David Weltman could face up to 25 years in prison.
A new project brings together veterans of the Israel Defense Forces and the U.S. military with Jewish students to stand up against hatred.
“We believe he can bring the same energy and imagination to Federation. He’s the right leader at the right time,” said chair of the JFNA Board of Trustees Mark Wilf.
Student senator Gabriella Shofet said “this is what anti-Semitism looks like. In 2019. A block away from my apartment. My heart aches.”
“I will not stay low-key when I see anti-Semitism. I will always be respectful, but I will not be quiet. If anyone sees it another way, I challenge you to question your ethics and truly ask yourself where you stand,” said WFU Hillel Israel chair Phillip Yurchenko.
In an email to the Tufts community, the university’s president, Anthony Monaco, did not explicitly label the posters, which featured militarized pigs condemning “Israeli apartheid,” as anti-Israel or anti-Semitic, rather as “disturbing and hurtful” to the school.
“This campaign is based on lies and the same idiocy that infects every anti-Israel individual. BDS is anti-Semitic and the Hillel is pro-Israel, and should say that publicly,” said George Washington University junior Shep Gerszberg.
J Street U and Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at the University of Vermont released corresponding letters last week blasting the school’s Hillel for accepting funds from the pro-Israel group Maccabee Task Force.
J Street U, the student organizing arm of J Street, is pushing to have Palestinians present their view of Israel to Birthright groups run by campus Hillel centers.But Jewish students and leaders argue that the effort is contrary to Birthright’ mission, which is to unify and strengthen the next generation.
In total, 77 swastika incidents have occurred in 2018, according to the AMCHA Initiative.
Major Jewish philanthropist Michael Steinhardt faces ‘#MeToo’ allegations
With the ongoing internal probe, Hillel quietly removed Steinhardt’s name several weeks ago from the board of governors list on its website.
