Thursday - October 4, 2018

ACTION ALERT

THIS AFTERNOON - OCTOBER 4 FROM 4 PM - 6 PM WE'VE HAD ENOUGH! PROTEST AGAINST COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S MISTREATMENT AND LACK OF PROTECTION FOR STUDENTS SUPPORTING ISRAEL (SSI) MEET NEAR COLUMBIA'S MAIN GATES BROADWAY @ 116TH STREET Students Supporting Israel (SSI) have been harassed and intimated time and again. Columbia has done nothing to protect the pro-Israel students, and has shown apathy and total disregard for their safety. All Columbia University students deserve protection! Freedom of speech for all! Members from Students Supporting Israel, Columbia's chapter of Alums for Campus Fairness, faculty, and the local community have had enough. We demand fair and equal treatment by the administration! Last semester SSI filed a detailed, thorough, and evidence-based complaint documenting our members’  harassment by anti-Zionist groups and individuals on campus,  and of their clearly numbered violations of the CU Rules of Conduct. And yet, Columbia University has taken no action, summarily dismissed the complaint, and left its students without any protection from harassment and bullying. Since then, SSI submitted three more complaints, and the Columbia administration has failed to appropriately address any of them. SSI has spoken with university administrators on numerous occasions, but all of their requests have fallen on deaf ears.  It is time to show the university that we will not stand by quietly while SSI and other pro-Israel students are harassed and systematically silenced on its own campus. Please join us and help them receive the protection they need! Now is the time to stand together!

Who Does the American Jewish Donor Stand With? Ronn Torossian continues to follow the anti-Israel activities of the New Israel Fund (NIF). The NIF supports Hamoked which is an organization opposing the state of Israel in court over relatives of a terrorist that Israel recently deported. They family has links to ISIS, they are not citizens and present a security concern. If American Jews think that supporting the NIF is a worthwhile charitable cause then they need to think again.

Whitewashing of a Proud Anti-Semite “They are hook-nosed . Many people called the Malays fat-nosed. We didn’t object, we didn’t go to war for that" “I am proud to be labeled anti-Semitic.” (2012) “Jews rule the world by proxy. They got others to fight and die for them.” (2003) This sickening rhetoric is from the Malaysian Prime Minster Mahatir Mohamad. Prominent newspapers have interviewed him and avoided pressing him on his virulent anti-semitic rants. Instead of exposing the truth they keep it hidden and protected ultimately adding to baseless, hostile and bitter hatred of Jews and Israel.

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A FEW SPACES LEFT - SIGN UP TODAY! Tuesday, October 30 to Monday, November 5, 2018 AFSI CHIZUK MISSION TO ISRAEL (7-DAY TRIP) Member Price: $2,000 pp Double Room; $3,000 pp Single Room. Balance Due October 4 Please sign up now if you plan to be with us. Participants make their own flight arrangements - BOOK NOW! To reserve your spot or for questions please contact Judy Kadish or call (212) 828-2424. READ THE TRIP ITINERARY HERE .

AFSI CALENDAR OF EVENTS Find More Events at Israel Advocacy Calendar

Tuesday - October 9, 2018 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM American Associates of Ben Gurion University of the Negev Presents a BGU Symposium on Cyber Security: Artificial Intelligence in the Age of Cyber Wars Hear from three of Israel's top cyber security experts - the only presenters at the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland: Professors Yuval Elovici, Bracha Shapira and Lior Rokach. General admission $50 includes breakfast. Program HERE . Register online by September 14 HERE . For more info: (646) 452-3711 or experiences@aabgu.org The Westin New York at Times Square | 270 West 43rd Street, NYC

Tuesday - October 16, 2018 @ 6 PM Israel and "The Virtue of Nationalism" - Sponsored by CAMERA and Co-Sponsored by Americans for a Safe Israel/AFSI featuring award winning author Yoram Hazony, Ph.D. Hazony is the President of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem, Bible scholar, political theorist and Israeli Philosopher. Ticket Options Briefing Only (7 pm) with Pre-Registration $10 | $20 at the door VIP Reception (6 pm - 7 pm) & Briefing $75 per person | $125 per couple Sponsorships Patron $250 per person | $500 per couple. Includes reception, priority seating, copy of "The Virtue of Nationalism" Benefactor $500 per person | $1,000 per couple. Includes reception, prime seating, signed copy of "The Virtue of Nationalism," photo with speaker. Register at cameranyc.eventbrite.com For info call Lori Posin 516-484-4848. Park East Synagogue | 164 East 68th Street, NYC

Sunday - October 21, 2018 @ 4 PM Rachel’s Children Reclamation Foundation 24th Annual Dinner Buffet Dinner.   Phone 212-470-0967 or rachelschildren@gmail.com Manhattan Beach Jewish Center | 60 West End Avenue | Brooklyn, NY Friday - October 26, 2018 @ 6 PM Justice Minister of the State of Israel Ayelet Shaked in Dialogue with Rabbi Arthur Schneier. Mincha service at 6 PM followed by dinner and program. Price per person: $75 Member; $100 Non-Member; $40 Child. Register online HERE . Info - (212) 737-6900 Park East Synagogue | 163 East 67th Street, NYC Sunday - October 28, 2018 The 2018 Conference on Jews and Conservatism This year's program: Jewish Ideas and the American Public Square, Keynote Speakers, Israel and World Politics . Guest speakers: Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked, Natan Sharansky, Ruth Wisse, Caroline Glick, Elliot Abrams and many more. Cost is $200 per ticket. To register online plus full program info CLICK HERE . Grand Hyatt @ 42nd Street, NYC Tuesday, October 30, 2018 from 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM - Addison, TX (Dallas Area) AFSI Co-Sponsors An Evening with Caroline Glick with Special Guest Col. Allen West . Celebrated author and journalist Caroline Glick discusses “President Trump's Israel Policy and Its Effect on American Interests and National Security.” Colonel Allen West will introduce Ms. Glick. A short presentation about ZAKA, Israel's volunteer emergency responders will be shown. Book signing (books for sale) with Caroline followed by dessert reception. FREE PARKING. $25 Early Bird Price thru Sept 1. $40 after Sept 1. Get tickets on Eventbrite . For info call (972) 450-6241 or actcinfo@addisontx.gov Addison Conference and Theater Center | 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX Thursday - November 1, 2018 @ 7:30 PM (*Correct Date is Nov 1*) Kristallnacht Program with Dr. Moshe Avital, noted Holocaust lecturer. Dr. Avital is an author, educator and Survivor of 6 concentration camps. No admission charge. Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun | 125 East 85th Street, NYC

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