WJC News Update – WJC Global Campus Initiative holds sessions in Jerusalem

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 30 December 2013

Training students to counter Israel boycott: WJC Global Campus Initiative holds sessions in Jerusalem

Two weeks after an American academic group voted to boycott Israel, 100 Jewish university students from around the globe will gather in Jerusalem on Monday, December 30, in order to learn the best methods to combat attempts to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel.

St. Petersburg Jews searching for identity – Ynetnews

30 Dec 2013 After decades of assimilation, young members of Russian city’s Jewish community are connecting to their roots through Jewish student clubs, synagogue activities and annual Limmud festival READ MORE »

Israel’s Christian Awakening – The Wall Street Journal

30 Dec 2013 In what may herald a historic shift in attitude, a new grass-roots movement of Israeli Arab Christians is seeking closer cooperation with Jewish society and the Jewish state. READ MORE »

NBA star Parker slammed for anti-Semitic quenelle salute – JTA

30 Dec 2013 NBA star Tony Parker is the latest public figure to have been discovered performing the quenelle – a quasi-Nazi salute created by an anti-Semitic French comedian. READ MORE »

Boycott Me. Please – Foreign Policy

30 Dec 2013 Why the American Studies Association’s boycott of Israeli academic institutions — and my small liberal arts college — is so utterly ridiculous. READ MORE »

France may ban French comic’s show for ‘anti-Semitism’ – France24

27 Dec 2013 France’s interior minister, Manuel Valls, announced on Friday that he would try to legally ban performances by French comic and actor Dieudonné, who has frequently been accused of anti-Semitism. READ MORE »