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Open Hillel

University of California Berkeley junior Adah Forer speaks to a student in front of a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus. (Courtesy)
October 14, 2017, 2:03 pm
These pro-Israel students remain steadfast in midst of anti-Semitic whirlwind
With white supremacy on the right and anti-Zionism on the left, it’s choppy waters for Jews on campus who express their support for the Jewish state
By Cathryn J. Prince
Sophia Witt, a political communications major at Kent State University, 'feeds' her candidate at a rally. (courtesy)
December 12, 2016, 4:06 pm
Pro-Trump Jewish students grapple with social ‘death sentence’ post-election
Facing allegations of bigotry, misogyny and homophobia, Trump-voting Jewish students are still hesitant to go on the record, even as their candidate assumes the presidency
By Matt Lebovic
Anti-Semitic graffiti on a building near the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. (Courtesy Michaela Brown via JTA)
December 10, 2016, 2:18 am
Over 60 scholars say bill targeting campus anti-Semitism is ‘dangerous’
Academics sign letter, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, urging Obama, House to reject legislation that they say ‘mis-classifies criticism of Israel as anti-Semitism’
By JTA
Illustrative: a screenshot from the documentary 'Crossing the Line 2,' which depicts rising anti-Semitic activity on North American campuses. (Courtesy)
December 5, 2016, 6:23 pm
US lawmakers look to expand definition of anti-Semitism for schools
House legislation, mirroring Senate bill passed last week, would outline when Israel criticism crosses into anti-Semitism
By JTA
Education Minister Naftali Bennett taking selfies with students at Bleich High School in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, Feb. 12, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 4, 2016, 1:02 am
US students urge Hillel to reject funding from Israeli minister
Citing Naftali Bennett’s opposition to same-sex marriage, network that promotes dialogue on campuses says Jewish group should sever ties with his project
By JTA
Jerry Silverman, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, speaking at his organization's General Assembly, November 10, 2015. (JTA)
November 11, 2015, 1:36 pm
Post-Iran deal, Federations’ GA works to mend divided US Jewry
With 3,000 Jewish communal professionals, lay leaders and college students at annual meet-up, healing was the order of the day
By Gabrielle Birkner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
September 13, 2015, 9:25 pm
From across Jewish world, looking back at a tumultuous 5775
With terrorist attacks on European Jews, sex offender rabbis, and a Diaspora divided over the Iran deal, this Jewish year was one of few silver linings
By Uriel Heilman
Illustrative: Amna Farooqi (far right) leads J Street U students in a protest against Hillel International on the sidelines of the J Street conference in Washington, March 23, 2015. (Moshe Zusman/JTA)
March 25, 2015, 4:57 pm
J Street U students protest polarized campus climate
After the DC conference, hundreds of students marched on Hillel International with letters demanding CEO Eric Fingerhut’s attention
By Sarah Wildman
The Hillel student board at Swarthmore College in 2013-14, when Swarthmore became the site of the nation's first Open Hillel. (Courtesy Sarah Revesz/JTA)
March 20, 2015, 3:24 pm
Is Hillel serving donors, or students, with its Israel stance?
Supporters say the campus umbrella organization’s right-ward shift keeps pace with American Jewry
By Anthony Weiss
The board at the Hillel chapter of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania is openly rejecting guidelines on Israel debate adopted by the international umbrella group. (photo credit: Wikicommons/via JTA)
March 17, 2015, 6:05 pm
Swarthmore Hillel changes name after ‘threats’ from parent body
Jewish students vote Monday to stop using the name Hillel in favor of freedom to invite speakers critical of Israel
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Freedom Summer speakers, from left to right, Larry Rubin, Ira Grupper and Dorothy Zellner at the February University of Massachusetts, Amherst event. (Courtesy Open Hillel)
March 12, 2015, 5:10 pm
Jewish civil rights activists use legacy to promote BDS
An Open Hillel Freedom Summer speaking tour on college campuses pits Hillel International guidelines against Jewish heroes’ freedom of speech
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Leaders in a Vietnam war protest stand in silent prayer in Arlington National Cemetery, February 6, 1968, including Rabbi Abraham Heschel, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
January 18, 2015, 10:03 pm
Jews recall MLK’s legacy, ‘from Ferguson to Palestine’
King’s staunch Zionism and battle against anti-Semitism in the black community take back-seat in divided Jewish community
By Matt Lebovic
December 7, 2014, 2:26 pm
Why I left Open Hillel
She was an avid proponent of the campus group, but found a wide gap between its rhetoric and its deeds
Opening plenary of the Open Hillel conference at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 12, 2014. (Photo: Gili Getz/JTA)
November 19, 2014, 12:07 pm
AJC fires rogue Boston staffer for Open Hillel breach
Staffer allegedly offered to leek sensitive Hillel International information with activists from opposing grassroots group
By JTA
Anti-Israel protesters at a Boston rally held during Operation Protective Edge in summer 2014 (photo credit: Elan Kawesch)
October 27, 2014, 1:21 pm
Bastardization of black feminist theory propels Israel-bashing on campus
Using the theory of ‘intersectionality’ first pioneered 25 years ago, Israel is condemned at universities amid a rise in anti-Semitism for imposing an ‘interlocking matrix of oppression’
By Matt Lebovic
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