Tzvi Raviv

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Jun 28, 2013, 5:57 PM

BA in Israel Advocacy

This past June, I finished my fourth year of leading Israel advocacy on a college campus, the equivalent of getting a BA in Israel Advocacy, and this is a good time to conclude and share some lessons learned from...

Jun 13, 2013, 8:47 PM

Anti Israel Resolution as Engagement Opportunity

Earlier this past year, the student assembly at a university in southern California passed an Anti Israel Resolution (AIR), and later the AIR was reversed. As I see it, the biggest risk to Israel activism on campus happens when...

Mar 18, 2013, 9:38 PM

Hate Does Not Sell at Rutgers University

The great American philosopher Eric Hoffer, commenting on the Zionist Movement’s triumph in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, said: “...it is still true that their daring and reckless readiness for self-sacrifice sprang not from despair but from their fervent...

Nov 7, 2012, 6:06 PM

The New Hero of Israel Advocacy on Campus

In my career in Israel advocacy on campus I have participated in and planned many Israel advocacy seminars. The goal of these seminars is to prepare the participants to become better advocates on behalf of the State of Israel...

Aug 27, 2012, 4:48 PM

Own Your Zionist Identity

Working in the field of Israel advocacy on campus I had a question—if the goal of Israel advocacy is to create a public opinion favorable of Israel, in what moment does a student shift their opinion from being anti...

May 21, 2012, 4:55 PM

Taking steps toward defeating ‘Hate Week’

The Rutgers Hillel Center for Israel Engagement took the initiative this past year to engage Israel advocacy organizations in an effort to delete the word apartheid from our spoken and written efforts

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About Me

Tzvi Raviv is the Director of Rutgers Hillel Center for Israel Engagement (RHCIE), the keystone of Rutgers Hillel approach to engaging, educating and advocating for Israel on campus. Prior to that, Tzvi gained invaluable campus experience working for two years as the Israel Fellow/Shaliach at UC-Irvine Hillel. He received his MBA in non-profit management from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management and his MA in Jewish professional leadership from the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program.