The Maccabee Task Force, an organization that provides significant funding to pro-Israel groups on campus to fight delegitimization, demonization and BDS campaigns, conducted its fourth annual MTF academy recently in Las Vegas. The conference, which included nearly 400 campus professionals and pro-Israel students from nearly 80 campuses, focused on best practices in promoting Israel, particularly among non-Jewish students.
Read MoreThere are approximately 250,000 Russian Jews living in the five boroughs of New York City. Many came to the U.S. beginning in the 1990s as refugees fleeing anti-Semitism and persecution. Although they strongly identify as Jewish, few connect that to any regular religious practice.
Read MoreIllegitimate criticism of Israel was the major focus of the Maccabee Academy, hosted by the Maccabee Task Force (MTF) at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on Feb. 10.
Read MoreTo commemorate the people who passed away on Oct. 27 when a gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, a vigil took place on the 25th Street Plaza. Art King, vice president for student affairs and dean of students, organized the vigil with Hillel at Baruch College, the Office of Student Life, the Undergraduate Student Government and other student clubs.
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Read MoreSome 1,000 young Russian-American Jewish professionals paid out of pocket to attend a three-day conference in Rye Brook, NY, to seek knowledge about a shared past once obscured by Communism, learn about Jewish history, network and meet like-minded peers.
Read MoreStudents at Baruch College are equipped to become impactful business leaders through extensive coursework in management, accounting and finance, offered by the Zicklin School of Business. Workshops are often offered to students by clubs, giving them the experience not teachable in classrooms. On occasional Thursdays and Fridays, students are lined up in suits and ties, ready to market themselves to big companies that come to internship fairs for recruitment. The TAMID chapter at Baruch works on campus to bring more casual opportunities for students to network.
Read More“As an Israeli, I don’t feel a special need to be part of a community. The whole State of Israel is my community! In Rio, I was exposed to something different – the community is what supports you as an individual. The community is what gives you strength and what allows you to grow.”
Read MoreWith the last of the American troops set to be pulled out of Iraq in the beginning of January, current Kings Bay Y Community Center employee Ilya Bratman remembers what it was like being in the war.
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