The Jewish Press was told what will trigger consequences for campus
groups which reject Hillel International's Israel guidelines
By: Lori Lowenthal Marcus
The Jewish Press
Eric Fingerhut, president and CEO of Hillel International
Over the last few months, Jewish student groups on two American campuses
affiliated with the Hillel International Foundation publicly rejected
Hillel’s guidelines for partnership.
The first to stick out their tongue at the mother ship (or stick up
something else, use your imagination) was Swat Hillel, the Hillel group
at Swarthmore College, in suburban Philadelphia. On December 8, the
group approved a resolution declaring itself to be an “Open Hillel.”
According to the resolution, the Swarthmore College group rejected
Hillel International’s guidelines “which privilege only one perspective
on Zionism, and make others unwelcome.”
This week a second Jewish campus organization, the Vassar Jewish Union
at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, declared it also would not
abide by Hillel’s Israel guidelines. PLS CONTINUE READING: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/hillel-explains-when-open-hillel-will-result-in-disaffiliation/2014/02/20/
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