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Local experts discuss Israel on college campuses

On Feb. 23, JUF’s Jewish Community Relations Council hosted a meeting on the pressing and timely topic of addressing Israel on college campuses.

The program featured a panel of experts, including Lonnie Nasatir, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, Michael Simon, executive director Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University, Nicole Constantine, a student and IEC Israel Intern at Loyola University, Emily Briskman, executive director of the Israel Education Center, and Josh Rinkov, chair of Metro Chicago Hillel.

The conversation covered current trends on college campuses to delegitimize Israel, key lessons learned from working with students to combat these harmful and divisive efforts and exploring where we as a community need to go from here.

“Each speaker has intimate knowledge on this issue, and presented a unique perspective on the challenges faced by Jewish students on our local campuses,” said Skip Schrayer, chair of JCRC. “This conversation could not have come at a more critical time for our community.”

Many Jewish organizations, including the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and member organizations of the JCRC, have been working diligently to combat these efforts.

JCRC’s next meeting on April 1 will feature a conversation with Emily B. Landau from The Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, David Makovsky from The Washington Institute, and Israeli Consul General Roey Gilad on topics including the Iran nuclear talks, U.S.-Israel relations, and the Israeli elections.

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