Brandies University Hillel rejects Jewish Voice for Peace chapter
Brandeis University's Hillel organization has rejected an application for membership from the radical Leftist Jewish Voice for Peace organization. As you read the link (or at least the part of it I will quote), keep in mind that it's JVP's views, and things are not necessarily as they are depicting them. On March 8, 2011, Brandeis University Hillel rejected the campus chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) from becoming a Hillel member group. In line with controversial guidelines recently issued by National Hillel, the decision was based on JVP’s support for targetted boycotts of goods produced in Israeli settlements.Ah yes, of course, Jon Sussman. Does that name sound familiar? He knows all about allowing Brandeis students to learn from each other. Doesn't he?
In response to the decision, Brandeis senior and JVP activist Jon Sussman stated "Brandeis students have lost an opportunity to learn from one another. Jewish students must demand the national Hillel organization change its condescending guidelines which marginalize progressive Jewish opinion on campus."
Hillel is the center of Jewish life on-campus , and its constitution affirms “the necessity of a pluralistic Jewish community on campus, with partisanship to none.” Regardless of this affirmation, Hillel’s new guidelines exclude Jewish groups on the basis of political opinions.
William Daroff, the Vice President for Public Policy and Director of the Washington office of The Jewish Federations of North America, tweets:
Jewish Federations are the largest funders of Hillel & we endorse the decision to exclude JVP.It's nice to see clarity on the right side of an equation from Jewish communal leaders. Far too often that clarity is lacking. Kol HaKavod @Daroff.
Labels: Brandeis University, Hillel, Jewish Federations of North America, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jon Sussman, William Daroff
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:24 PM
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