[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Champaign-Urbana: Does Illini Hillel speak for you?

[Robert Naiman]

Wow! We have a JVP chapter in C-U! It's doing stuff!

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From: Samantha Brotman, Jewish Voice for Peace <
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Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:23 AM
Subject: Champaign-Urbana: Does Illini Hillel speak for you?
To: naiman.uiuc at gmail.com



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      Will you join us in speaking out to say that Illini Hillel does not
speak for Jews who believe in justice and human rights?



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Dear Robert,

This week, Illini Hillel sent a message to Jewish students on campus
vilifying Students for Justice in Palestine's Israeli Apartheid Week at
UIUC. Israeli Apartheid Week is a week of organized events raising
awareness on campus about Israel's apartheid military and legal system
which denies Palestinians basic human and civil rights.

*Will you sign onto our Open Letter to Illini Hillel in support of Israeli
Apartheid Week?*
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As members of the Jewish community in Champaign-Urbana and supporters of
freedom and equality, we were frustrated and dismayed to receive this email
from Hillel staff:

 Israel week is starting on campus, as such, unfortunately that means
"Israel Apartheid Week" is also starting this week. What does that mean?
During the main part of the week there will be a large wall on the Quad
that wrongfully accuses Israel of committing humanitarian crimes.
Basically, some students will try to demonize the state of Israel and make
students on campus uncertain about their relation to it. As leaders of the
Jewish and pro-Israel communities on campus, we strongly object to the
harsh and misleading rhetoric of Israel Apartheid Week. We think that
promoting hate against one side is counter-productive to the goal of mutual
assured peace and coexistence between the Israeli and Palestinian people.
Our goal is to promote a positive message at Illinois that supports the
peace process...

We believe Hillel should not claim to represent the whole Jewish community
at the same time that it promotes disengagement from a critical
conversation on Israel/Palestine, which Israeli Apartheid Week is trying to
open up on campus. We want to show that there is a broad diversity of
opinion about Israel/Palestine in the Champaign-Urbana Jewish community,
and that many of us do support human rights and equality for all.

*Please join us in signing our Open Letter in Response to Illini Hillel’s
Urgent Update Re: Israel on Campus.*
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If you are in the Champaign-Urbana area and would like to get more involved
in the local JVP chapter, please do not hesitate to contact us at
champaign.urbana at jvp.org. Thank you for speaking out!



 In solidarity,

Samantha Brotman

Co-organizer Champaign Urbana Jewish Voice for Peace

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