Last week, Mohamed Abubakr, a Sudanese human rights activist, came to speak at Case Western Reserve University as sponsored by Cleveland Hillel, Hillel International, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, CAMERA and several other organizations. Despite growing up under the rigid autocracy of Islamic Sudan, Abubakr has been fighting for women’s...
Lebanese, Christian, Gay — and Fully Israeli
Jonathan Elkhoury represents multiple minority groups in Israel. He told his life story to a rapt group of students at the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation on Dec. 1. His father fought for the South Lebanese Army against the Palestine Liberation Organization and fled to Israel when the Israel Defense...
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A New Way To Peace
When we think of how peace will be achieved in Israel, we tend to think of negotiations, diplomacy and other political methods. However, Dr. Shahar Sadeh, who is currently a visiting scholar at NYU, brings a different perspective to the table, and focuses on how shared environmental initiatives can lead...
Israel’s Water Solution for the Middle East
We are undeniably blessed to live in a first-world nation like the United States and it’s not because of the copious amounts of WiFi hotspots and unlimited breadsticks at Olive Garden. Nor is it because of our incomparable military and massive economy. We are the most fortunate population of people...
Do You Remember When Arizona Representative Gabby Giffords Was Shot?
It was a few years ago; I remember the commotion and stress. People were glued to their screens and social media, scanning CNN and NPR’s Twitter feeds for any insight or information on her current status. Several news outlets quickly jumped to be the first to say that she had...
Diaspora
When you think of Israeli, what image pops into your mind? Is it a tanned person with dark hair, and a bowl of hummus in their hand? Did their family migrate from Poland or Hungary? For me, as an average American Jew, the Ashkenazi Jew was where my mind went...
Why BDS Pursues “Anti-Normalization”
Last week, Professors Cary Nelson and David Greenberg wrote in the Washington Post of the latest tactic of the BDS movement: anti-normalization. Anti-normalization, under the guise of rejecting any contacts between Israelis and Palestinians that “treat both parties as having legitimate grievances and aspirations,” includes shouting down pro-Israel speakers, and...
