Debbie Yunker Kail, executive director of ASU Hillel, was named a Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence at Hillel International’s annual Global Assembly on Dec. 14. Debbie was nominated for the recognition by her peers. The awards, which recognize those who embody Hillel’s culture of excellence, were presented at the global assembly, where nearly 1,000…
Tremayne Smith has become a very outspoken advocate for Israel lately. His passion for American-Israeli relations from a political perspective began in college at East Carolina University, where he was the student body president. It came alive for him when he participated in Jewish National Fund’s Caravan for Democracy Student Leadership Mission in January of…
College, like most things, isn’t like how the movies portray it to be. Walking on campus at Vanderbilt University, I sincerely believed I would be instantly surrounded by my twelve closest friends who I would grow old with. Needless to say, that did not happen. Instead of my happy-go-lucky dreams, I was met with an…
PHOTO: A SUPER event on campus to commemorate the Nakba contained a sign saying, “Nakba, the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine.” Taken all together the signs demonize both Israel and Jews. Source Credit: SUPER UW Facebook Page (May 16, 2016) Nearly 100 more incidents of anti-Semitism occurred on campus during the first…
(Originally published in the Jerusalem Report Magazine) Most American Jews are well aware of the alarming upsurge in European anti-Semitism. In fact, Jewish advocacy organizations on this side of the Atlantic have become quite vocal in demanding that European governments combat this spreading scourge. Ironically, when it comes to the rise in anti-Semitism in our…
