Israel Discovered – Perspectives Trip: A comparison in experiences
By Gabrielle Hernandez
Staff writer
@gabrielleviolah
The Israel Discovered - Perspectives Trip is a selective trip that takes a group of Jewish and non-Jewish student leaders from this university to Israel. The trip provides students who want to learn more about Israel with the opportunity to explore the country.
The 10-day trip ...
Jewish students go global during winter break
By Nicole Wohlberg
For Mitzpeh
@mitzpeh
As winter break approaches, students are scrounging for activities over the long six-week vacation.
Hillel provides alternative break trips every year over winter and spring break for Jewish students. These trips are geared for students who observe Sabbath and keep kosher.
Over the ...
Israeli baseball team adds Jewish Americans to Olympic-hopeful roster
By Annie Archer
For Mitzpeh
@anniearcher98
Ten Jewish-American baseball players gained Israeli citizenship last month so they will be able to represent Israel in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Peter Kurz, president of the Israel Baseball Association, sought out a number of retired players, free agents and players in the ...
Students gather to hear solutions to Israel-Palestine conflict
By Thomas Hindle
For Mitzpeh
@Thomas_Hindle_
The conflict between Israel and Palestine is long-lasting, and has formed divides all over the globe. To college students, it’s an issue from afar, but an organization named Roots is aiming to change that. The group, founded in 2014, brings Palestinians and Israelis together to ...
Dance troupe leads free Israeli dance sessions for students
By Brogan Gerhart
Copy editor
@BroganGerhart
Avirah, this university’s Israeli dance troupe, offers free Israeli dance sessions to students at Hillel every month.
The sessions are held in the Hillel multipurpose room and participants are encouraged to jump into the dances throughout the sessions that are all taught and led ...
Terps for Israel speaks on humanitarian aid efforts at McKeldin tabling event
By Ndeye Aminata Ndiaye
For Mitzpeh
@Mitzpeh
Terps for Israel, the leading pro-Israel organization at this university, gathered to bring awareness to Israeli humanitarian aid efforts and diplomatic relations with countries around the globe outside McKeldin Library last Thursday.
Terps for Israel is a bipartisan group at this ...
Israeli veteran and activist breaks the silence on Israeli occupation
By Haemee Lee
For Mitzpeh
@Haeitsmee
A former Israeli soldier, who served in the occupied Palestinian territories, spoke on campus about the moral price of her service Monday night.
Frima “Merphie” Bubis, 24, is participating in a month-long Breaking the Silence campus tour with J Street U chapters “to bring the reality ...
