Taking steps toward defeating ‘Hate Week’
The Rutgers Hillel Center for Israel Engagement took the initiative this past year to engage Israel advocacy organizations in an effort to delete the word apartheid from our spoken and written efforts
View ArticleOwn Your Zionist Identity
Working in the field of Israel advocacy on campus I had a question—if the goal of Israel advocacy is to create a public opinion favorable of Israel, in what moment does a student shift their opinion...
View ArticleThe New Hero of Israel Advocacy on Campus
In my career in Israel advocacy on campus I have participated in and planned many Israel advocacy seminars. The goal of these seminars is to prepare the participants to become better advocates on...
View ArticleHate Does Not Sell at Rutgers University
The great American philosopher Eric Hoffer, commenting on the Zionist Movement’s triumph in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, said: “…it is still true that their daring and reckless readiness for...
View ArticleAnti Israel Resolution as Engagement Opportunity
Earlier this past year, the student assembly at a university in southern California passed an Anti Israel Resolution (AIR), and later the AIR was reversed. As I see it, the biggest risk to Israel...
View ArticleBA in Israel Advocacy
This past June, I finished my fourth year of leading Israel advocacy on a college campus, the equivalent of getting a BA in Israel Advocacy, and this is a good time to conclude and share some lessons...
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