Facing Down Anti-Israel Boycott: Lessons from WJC’s Global Campus Initiative in Jerusalem

WJC News Update – Facing Down Anti-Israel Boycott: Lessons from WJC’s Global Campus Initiative in Jerusalem

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 31 December 2013

Facing Down Anti-Israel Boycott: Lessons from WJC’s Global Campus Initiative in Jerusalem

Jewish university students around the world will have help in countering Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) campaigns, and other attempts to delegitmize Israel on campus and in university environments, thanks to training sessions held in Jerusalem this week by the Global Campus Initiative.

The Lives They Lived: As Israel sets Palestinian prisoners free, remembering their victims – Tablet Magazine

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MKs say anti-Semitism in Europe could turn violent – JPost

31 Dec 2013 Growing figures are ‘alarming,’ warns Knesset Speaker Edelstein; French immigration to Israel increased 63% over past year. READ MORE »

Party-loving Israel has fraught relationship with „Christian” New Year’s Eve – Fox News

31 Dec 2013 The highly diverse country certainly has its modern and hard-partying side. But even in such circles, where the pull of the outside world is strong, there is a sense, even as champagne is swilled, that New Year’s Eve is someone else’s party — indeed, maybe everybody else’s. READ MORE »