Having an ‘Israel Shabbat’ hosted by a pro-Israel club is alienating to Jewish students who don’t support Israeli policies, one student said.
“When it comes to Princeton … There’s always the fear of it people calling it anti-Semitic, even if you know it isn’t.”
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The flyer makes claims about Jewish overrepresentation in the media, finance, politics and current scandals surrounding sexual misconduct.
The former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. is also a Princeton alum. He made his demands after the Hillel cancelled a speech by a Knesset colleague.
After students claimed that Tzipi Hotovely was racist and therefore violated Hillel’s standards, Hillel backed out but Chabad stepped up.
Miriam Rosenbaum is the first Orthodox woman to win a Rhodes Scholarship. Devout and modest, the Princeton senior quietly hopes to be a role model for Jewish girls.
JTA has a fascinating story by their intrepid Sue Fishkoff about non-Jewish spouses (read wives) in interfaith marriages who are raising their kids as Jewish