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 ...
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 ...
Peaceful protests in Middle East inspire advocacy at UMD
By Katherine Brzozowski
For Mitzpeh
@katbrzoz29
J Street UMD presented “Budrus: It Takes a Village to Unite the Most Divided People on Earth,” a documentary about conflict in a Palestinian village, at the Stamp Student Union Monday night. J Street showed the film to start a conversation about the power of nonviolent protest.
J Street ...
Israel Week Committee members look forward to week of fun, educational events
By Georgia Slater
For the Mitzpeh
@georgiaslater13
For over six years, Maryland Hillel has hosted Israel Week, a series of events to explore and celebrate different parts of Israeli culture. This year, it will begin on Tuesday, April 25 and culminate with Israel Fest on Tuesday, May 2.
Israel Week is co-sponsored by various Jewish student ...
J Street Conference Reveals the passion of 1,000 youth as they march for a cause in Washington
By Sam Milton, for the Mitzpeh, @SamMilton3
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Guy Ziv talks about the Israeli elections
By Harris Blum, for the Mitzpeh, @Harris_Blum
Students and faculty interested in Israeli politics heard Guy Ziv, a foreign policy professor at American University and this university, discuss the results of the Israeli elections and their implications for American diplomacy with Israel on March 30 in Tydings Hall.
This university’s ...
