Yosef Kessler

Yosef Kessler is a Junior at Macaulay Honors at Hunter College and serves as the Campus Outreach Coordinator for Open Hillel. He is also the president of Visions for Israel in an Evolving World at Hunter College.

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What The Jewish Establishment Got Wrong About The Princeton Hillel Controversy

Last week, a controversy at Princeton Hillel reverberated throughout the Jewish world. Kenneset Member Tzipi Hotovely, a deputy foreign minister from the Likud party, had been slated to speak about combatting BDS and justifying Israeli settlements. Following a protest from Jewish progressive students, Princeton Hillel decided at the last minute to revoke her invitation to…

By Yosef Kessler Nov 17, 2017 | 3 min read

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