- Sunday, March 22: Israel on Campus- Challenges and Opportunities
- Location: South Bend Jewish Federation
- 3202 Shalom Way, South Bend, IN 46615
- Time for Teens: 1-2:30pm
- Time for Parents: 3-4pm
- Carpooling can be arranged
- RSVP by March 16 to Rachel Saller
- Description:
The Shlicha from South Bend, Chen Nissan, and the Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of South Bend, Bob Feferman, has invited our community to a special event for high school Juniors and Seniors, their parents, and Jewish community leadership. The main purpose of this event is to provide the Jewish high school students with the information necessary to have a successful Jewish experience in college and the tools necessary to deal with issues related to Israel on campus.
Please note:
They have created two sessions for this event: one for the students only (1:00-2:30) and a separate session for parents of the students and Jewish community leadership (3:00-4:00).
The guest speaker will be Nate Strauss, Coordinator for Israel Engagement at Michigan State University Hillel.
In his presentation, Nate will discuss the following questions:
- How to find success as a Jewish student on campus?
- What challenges are Jewish students encountering on campus?
- How can you become proactive in dealing with these challenges?
In order to have background information for this discussion, we encourage you to take time to watch these videos:
- Watch this short video on the BDS movement
- Watch this 43 minute talk featuring Israeli author Ari Shavit talking about the challenges facing Israel on American college campuses. Although it was given 6 years ago, it is no less relevant today than it was in 2014.
- Watch this recent one-hour conversation with Bari Weiss, an editor and columnist for the New York Times and author of the book, “How to Fight Anti-Semitism”. In her conversation, she discusses both the broader issue of anti-Semitism and specific challenges facing Jewish students regarding Israel on colleges campuses.
At the end of this event, in order to provide the students with the knowledge to appreciate and tell Israel's story, the students will be given a copy of the book,
"Letters to My Palestinian Neighbors"
, by author Yossi Klein Halevi.
