Word: hillels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...King (I-Boston) and State Sen. Jack Backman (1)-Brookline Newton) the bill has been promoted by the Massachusetts Coalition for Divestment from South Africa (MassDivest) a coalition of over 100 labor, civic and religious organization. Two Harvard student groups, the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee and the Hillel Social Action Committee are among the group's members...
AMHERST--As part of a continuing effort to educate the public about the persecution of Black Ethiopian Jews. Hillel at the University of Massachusetts is organizing a used clothing drive to aid those who succeed in immigrating to Israel...
Piles of Levis, corduroys, sweaters, and sneakers collected in the Hillel office are destined for the Ethiopian Jews who make it to Israel free but penniless, the Massachusetts Daily Collegian reported last month...
There are many accusations in the letter which deserve correction--the misleading suggestion that the Middle East Education Project (MEEP), the organizing committee, is in any way affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA); the incorrect charge that no one belonging to Hillel was involved with the planning; the almost slanderous portrayal of some of the speakers and the fallacious claim that many of them do not support Israel's right to exist--but little will be gained by refuting the argument point by point. The larger issue to be addressed is that of the intentions and opinions...
...than the recent events in Lebanon, and its complexity deserves a format encouraging informational presentations and discussion, not slogan chanting. It was with this concern in mind that we--a varied group of undergraduates, almost all Jewish, whose other activities encompass leftist and community activism, Zionism, nuclear issues, and Hillel programs--initiated the conference...