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Will Students Take the ‘JUMP’ for Human Rights in the Middle East?

By Nicole Zelniker | February 18, 2015

This past June, Boston University junior Raphael Fils decided he was fed up with the stances Jewish organizations take on the conflict in the Middle East. Whether Hillel, Jewish Voice for Peace, or J Street, all organizations seemed to have a bias. To change that, Fils launched Justice and Unity in Mideast Policy, or JUMP…

The Reading List: Birthright Alumni Fail

By Ben Sales | March 30, 2011

Check out the above picture of a sweatshirt, put out by the Birthright Israel Alumni Community, an initiative of the Jewish Enrichment Center: not only did they spell “Israel” wrong, but the Victoria’s Secret panties that this sweatshirt refers to aren’t even made in Israel. In fact, they’re made by Palestinian laborers in Jordan. Good…