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...time of difficulty, it is important to come together as a Jewish community in mourning and in prayer for peace,” said Hillel President Benjamin P. Solomon-Schwartz ’03, who is also a Crimson editor...
...President Avram D. Heilman ’03 said the vigil was an “appropriate way for the Jewish community to respond” to the call of a day of prayer...
These “doltish” souls beg to differ. Sam Sternin ’01, who was one of a handful of Jewish members of the Society of Arab Students (SAS) last year, argues that there is “no inconsistency in supporting the state of Israel while at the same time condemning the abuse, economic strangulation, and willful killing of innocent Palestinians.” But Sternin admits that those who speak up against Israel’s policies are frequently labeled “bad Jews” by their peers...
...Princeton Professor of International Law Richard Falk, it got significantly worse. Last June, Falk appeared on a BBC episode of “Panorama” that explored the role of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the 1982 Sabra and Chatila massacre. Falk, who is Jewish and who was a part of the international commission that investigated Sharon’s involvement in the massacre, stated that he had “no doubt whatsoever” that Sharon is indictable as a war criminal. Over the course of the next few weeks, the phone calls and hate mail...
...read Ruth R. Wisse’s neo-fascist rant (Opinion, “Standing Up for Israel,” Feb. 25). I shall not mention the incoherence of her arguments. I shall not mention her use of hate-mongering rhetoric to mask racism as ‘Jewish pride.’ No—for the real issue at stake is: to what standard should we hold Israel when it comes to human rights...