J Street U at Wesleyan

04/18/2017

In a letter, students ask if the biggest sponsor of trips to Israel will screen applicants based on their views on settlement boycott, BDS and other political issues

03/31/2017

Dear Birthright, We write to you as proudly pro-Israel students concerned about Israel’s new law barring entry to the country of foreign nationals who call for economic, cultural or academic boycotts of either Israel or the territory it controls beyond the Green Line. In light of this new law, we se...

02/28/2017

BERNIE!

Bernie Sanders' full speech on Israel, Middle East peace and Donald Trump to the J Street 2017 conference.

02/16/2017

More exciting leadership in the Northeast! Go J Street U Smith and thank you to Western Mass Jewish communal leaders! Hoping and working towards more strong stances, especially after Trump and Bibi's press conference today.

02/13/2017

Trump's nomination for the Ambassador to Israel thinks the occupation is ok. Sign this petition! Tell your Senators to oppose his appointment!

David Friedman backs unlimited settlement expansion, has accused President Obama of being an anti-Semite and says that liberal Zionists are "worse than kapos." Tell your Senators to reject his nomination to be the next US Ambassador to Israel.

02/08/2017

Shout out to J Street U Tufts and Tufts Hillel for their Pro-Israel, Anti-Occupation leadership! Exciting things happening in the Northeast!

"J Street U Tufts is excited to be a part of the newly released Tufts Students for Two States (TS4TS) Statement. In the current political moment, the two-state solution is at risk of becoming obsolete. The Trump administration’s nomination of David Friedman as Ambassador to Israel signal the administration’s hostility toward a two-state resolution. The danger this administration poses to a Jewish and democratic future for the state of Israel is only amplified by the emboldened Israeli Settler movement and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent announcement of new settlement construction. J Street U applauds TS4TS in their inclusion of ‘the occupation’ and ‘settlement expansion’ in a list of issues which represent dangers to the two-state solution. We hope that TS4TS fulfills its promise to 'dedicate ourselves to taking proactive steps to address the issues that stand in the way of peace,' and commit to working together with TS4TS in taking action going forward."

Want to continue talking about ending the occupation and settlement expansion? Come join other Wesleyan students at the J Street National Conference! Sign up event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/387624358265148/

12/14/2016

Happy almost Winter Break students! And happy almost Hanukkah Ambassador Ron Dermer from J Street U and J Street U at Wesleyan

J Street U is delivering a Hanukkah gift to Amb Ron Dermer, which includes:

-A menorah
-Hanukkah gelt
-Hanukkah candles, made in Tzfat, Israel
-Dates from Jericho in the West Bank, gifted to us by Palestinians investing in the city of Rawabi
-Two “coexist” stickers highlighting the need to support coexistence and peace
-A map of Israel that includes the Green Line
-The book The Unmaking of Israel, by the Israeli-American author Gershom Gorenberg, which details the threat that the settlement movement and right-wing extremism poses to Israel’s survival as a Jewish and democratic state
-The book Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America, by Eboo Patel, an American-Muslim expert and advocate on behalf of interfaith and Jewish-Muslim relations and coexistence
-The Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center’s fact sheets on the Center for Security Policy, an Islamophobic hate group from whom Ambassador Dermer has chosen to accept an award yesterday (Tuesday, December 13), and its founder, Frank Gaffney
-A Jewish text study on the danger of hate speech, put together by T’ruah

11/15/2016

Check out J Street U's letter in the The Forward about Donald Trump: http://forward.com/scribe/354539/as-american-jewish-college-students-we-are-deeply-concerned-about-the-elect/

"During his campaign, Trump helped to open floodgates of racism, sexism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism that will be hard to close. In the wake of the election, we have each heard from students who feel real fear about their future in this country, and about their basic rights as Americans. These students are Muslim. They are Latino. They are African-American. They are LGBTQ. They are women. They are immigrants. They are Jews."

"In the next four years, what will our community do to protect our values? What will we do to protect the rights of minorities? How will we act to protect the possibility of a two-state solution? What will constitute Jewish moral leadership during a Trump presidency?"

We are ready to get to work!

As a community, we know well what it is to be denigrated and persecuted on the basis of our race or religion. We did not forget that on Election Day – when our community overwhelmingly voted to reject Trump and what he stands for.

11/14/2016

EXCITING NEWS! We now have a twitter!!

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Especially today...the day before the Susya decision comes out.

10/28/2016

Check out this article from J Street U Tufts student Andrew M. Goldblatt...http://forward.com/scribe/352742/want-to-prevent-bds-speak-out-against-the-destruction-of-susya/?attribution=author-article-listing-1-headline

Before November 15, Jewish communal leaders in Boston and around the country have the opportunity to speak out against destructive settlement activity which undermines the two-state solution. But will they?