Barry Jakob

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Mar 11, 2014, 9:23 PM

The Minneapolis model: Innovating Israel advocacy

Our community can rejoice in the fact that the past thirty days are showcased with pivotal victories for Israel advocacy. The recent successfully adopted pro-Israel legislation in the Minnesota Student Association (MSA) spearheaded by the Students Supporting Israel at...

Sep 18, 2013, 7:30 PM

UC Santa Cruz Case Study: Empowering Campus Leadership

Barry Jakob, former Chief of Staff in the Office of Internal Affairs at UC Santa Cruz's Student Union Assembly, former co-Chair of the Santa Cruz Israel Action Committee, and founding President of the Israel Coexistence Committee, posing with his Porter College Service Award on June 4th, 2013 at UCSC Hillel

Israel advocacy is comprised of two important tracks- one focusing on organizing pro-Israel events and campus media, and the other is focusing on cultivating important and empowering political relationships to safeguard our livelihoods and institutional influences. In a world rapidly...

Aug 21, 2013, 10:12 PM

Sorry pro-Palestinian Activists, Social Justice Isn’t a Double Standard

Mainstream pro-Palestinian activists have been manipulating history and distorting political truths to demonize, bully, and intimidate pro-Israel students by delegitimizing the existence of a Jewish nation-state. Notions of intersecting realities between ‘social justice’ and political double standards exploited within the...

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About Me

Barry Jakob is a graduate from the University of California, Santa Cruz and currently works as the Midwest Regional Advisor for Hasbara Fellowships.