<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Rachel Sandalow-Ash</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:openhillel@gmail.com">openhillel@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:00 AM<br>Subject: Hillel International's policies are crumbling<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin:1em 0;padding:0;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11px;text-align:left"><span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At schools across the country, Hillel International's exclusionary policies are crumbling.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:15px;line-height:1.15;white-space:pre-wrap">It's happening at Princeton, where Professor Doug Massey spoke at Hillel one day and publicly voiced support for BDS the next. It's happening at University of Michigan, where Rabbi Arik Ascherman voiced his support for a settlement boycott while giving a talk in the Hillel building.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:15px;line-height:1.15;white-space:pre-wrap">Yet at the same time, student-led efforts are still stifled by Hillel International's "Standards of Partnership." At University of Michigan, when Jewish students organized a Palestine Solidarity Shabbat dinner as part of Hillel's "Shabbat Across Campus" initiative, the local Hillel chapter was forced to awkwardly distance itself from the event. Over 70 students attended the dinner, yet it could not be held under Hillel's umbrella.</span><br>
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<a href="http://openhillel.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5935168b2408d16a44ddcf751&id=558437c37e&e=1c4872eb97" style="line-height:1.15;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;color:#606060;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><u style="color:#1155cc;font-family:arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Read more in our open letter to Eric Fingerhut, CEO of Hillel International -- and share it with your friends on facebook.</u></a></p>
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<span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As more and more events at local campus Hillels cross Hillel International's redlines, it's increasingly clear that Jewish students want their communities to be open to all political views. Yet until these top-down policies are eliminated, it will be impossible for students to build these truly diverse, inclusive communities.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:15px;line-height:1.15;white-space:pre-wrap">It's clear that Hillel International's policies don't work in practice. Bit by bit, students are bringing open discourse into their Jewish communities. Let's show our support.</span><br>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:15px;line-height:1.15;white-space:pre-wrap">Rachel Sandalow-Ash, Internal Coordinator</span></p>
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