in the Jerusalem Post April 5, 2015 by Eric Mandel... Full Article Links HERE
Last week I was privileged to speak to two very different audiences about the Middle East and Israel.
The first talk was at Purchase College in Westchester County, New York. I had been invited as part of my college speaking tour on the Middle East which brought me to many universities in the Northeast, i.e. Harvard, Cornell, Brown, SUNY Oneonta SUNY Binghamton and more. The first scheduled speaking date was postponed because of a snowstorm. Coincidentally, a week before the rescheduled talk, the campus was defaced with anti-Semitic and racist graffiti including swastikas and a noose.
There is a rash of anti-Semitism now sweeping college campuses. I know this because my organization, Middle East Political and Information Network (MEPIN), is continually being asked to sign letters to college presidents throughout the country responding to the growing number of anti-Semitic incidents, insisting that universities maintain a safe environment for Jewish students.
I was told that even before this anti-Semitic incident, the topic of my speech had created a controversy on campus, especially among a growing anti-Israel movement, and that I should be prepared to receive a hostile reception. The anti-Israel group did ask some provocative questions during my talk, but to their credit they choose not to interrupt the talk or intimidate Jewish students as other anti-Israel groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine have done. Perhaps the police presence had something to do with it. NOTE: Great Article. Keep reading HERE
"On the college campus, our kids are besieged by a growing plague of anti-Zionism in the name of political correctness and anti-colonialism."
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information update:
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ISRAEL EXISTS and its @israelexists twitter feed, along with the popular ISRAEL EXISTS rebelmouse page, are now free to express viewpoints beyond those specific to Vassar College. This will allow for more in depth political analysis, more diverse ideology, and will allow us to expand on pro Israel and pro Jewish advocacy. Thanks for your support.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Anti-Semitism on US college campuses, educating pro-Israel Americans and marking the Shoah
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antisemitism,
BDS,
Israel on Campus
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