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Nov 20, 2022, 7:28 AM

Brave Space: Rabbi Matt Gewirtz Lights the Way for a Better World

Disruptive innovation can help bridge growing gaps in society (Adobe)

I am indebted to the wisdom of Rabbi Matthew C. Gewirtz. In his new book “To Build a Brave Space: the Making of a Spiritual First Responder,” he tells the compelling story of his life’s mission: to uphold Jewish...

Oct 28, 2022, 7:35 PM

UC Berkeley must act against Jewish-free spaces

Berkeley is blind to antisemitism

In August, a BDS-aligned group called Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine (BLSJP) persuaded nine affinity groups at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law – including several with large constituencies, such as the Women of Berkeley...

Jun 2, 2022, 7:16 AM

What happens on campus does not stay on campus

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In a recent column in Foreign Policy magazine, Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Steven A. Cook makes the case that “by all measures, Israel’s normalization in the world is complete… The BDS movement has already lost.” Regretfully, I...

Jan 17, 2022, 9:18 PM

AMP should inspire dialogue, not incite division

Less than two months after Zahra Billoo, a longtime leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), lambasted Jewish houses of worship before a packed room at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) convention in Chicago, a Texas synagogue...

Dec 6, 2016, 7:51 PM

US – Israel academic collaboration increases dramatically

Collaboration between US and Israeli universities has risen by 45%, despite aggressive, costly campaigns against it

Oct 13, 2015, 2:19 AM

On U.S. campuses, students call for intifada

We need dialogue and coexistence, not violent rhetoric The Israeli people are today confronting a new wave of horrific terrorist attacks. It is a violent campaign against innocent civilians that Times of Israel Editor David Horovitz calls “a stabbing war...

Sep 23, 2015, 10:38 PM

Working for peace in 5776

On building bridges despite groups like SJP who reject any opportunity for dialogue with pro-Israel students

Jan 24, 2015, 9:06 PM

Israel on campus: Now for the good news

It turns out that at US institutions of higher learning, it's not all about that BDS

Sep 18, 2014, 11:39 PM

Pro-Israel Students Are Part of the Solution

Last week at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) introduced a secretive anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) resolution in the Doctoral Students Council student government and scheduled the vote...

May 22, 2014, 8:35 PM

The Good News from Campus

Many of the headlines relating to Israel on campus these days trumpet malicious efforts to stigmatize the Jewish state at American colleges and universities. A narrow fringe of motivated and assertive anti-Israel students have been pushing for economic and...

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Jacob Baime is CEO of Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC), which unites and empowers pro-Israel campus organizations, providing strategic coordination and expertise to strengthen support for Israel.

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