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YOUNG ADULT BAR NIGHT WITH SOLDIERS
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May 2, 2011 Rattlesnake Bar & Grill 382 Boylston St Boston, Massachusetts |
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Israeli Defense Force soldiers based in Haifa visited Boston and had the opportunity to interact with many young adults from around the city.
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Boston-Haifa Young Leaders of the Boston-Haifa Connection, Young Leaders Division of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, and Boston Israel Group (BIG) came together to sponsor a casual evening with young adults from Boston's sister city of Haifa, Israel.
With both Israeli Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron) and Israeli Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut) around the corner, this event provided young adults with a wonderful way to show their appreciation for these brave men and women! |
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YOM HASHOAH
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May 2, 2011 Marsh Plaza Boston University |
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From 10:00am until 7:00pm,
students and faculty of Boston University read non-stop the names of victims of the Holocaust at a podium with a microphone that could be heard on Commonwealth Ave. Immediately following the reading of the names, a candle lighting ceremony was held. Students were able to light yahrzeit (memorial) candles and speak on behalf of family members who perished. |
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HOLOCAUST
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May 1, 2011 Faneuil Hall & Quincy Market Boston, Massachusetts |
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Over 70 Jewish young adults
gathered together on May 1st to honor the memories of Holocaust survivors and those who perished. Fanning out in Faneuil Hall, members of Boston 3G captured the attention of passersby as they froze in place, on cue, for five minutes, sharing with the Boston community our promise to never forget. |
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COLLABORATIVE
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April 11 - 15, 2011 Curry Student Center Northeastern University |
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For an entire week, members and friends of Students for Israel at Northeastern (SFIN) joined with artist Diana Brody to design, create, and paint a piece of art that is to be donated to the Curry Student Center at Northeastern University. The yellow wording spells "Ahava," or "Love" in Hebrew, modeled after the famous Philadelphia sculpture. The blue and pink words in the background spell peace, shalom, and salaam in English, Hebrew, and Arabic. |
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BOSTON'S
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April 10, 2011 Tremont Street Marriott & all over Boston |
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Over 170 people attended Boston's
third annual Amazing Israel Race! Students, young adults, and Taglit-Birthright Israel alumni ran around Boston with clues leading them to different places having to do with the State of Israel. Action stations activities included: making hummus, lighting a candle in memory of Jewish heroine Hannah Shenesh, and writing raps about Governor Deval Patrick's recent trip to Israel. |
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 An Action Station in the Boston Public Garden |
 The Amazing Israel Race was featured
on the cover of Shalom Magazine. |
CAMPUS ADVOCACY AWARDS |
April 8, 2011
Congregation Young Israel Brookline, Massachusetts |
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Hasbara Fellowships hosted an
Israel Leadership Dinner and Awards Ceremony, emphasizing all of the hard work that has been done in the past year by students and young professionals across Boston. |
SIX KNESSET MEMBERS AT TOWN HALL MEETING |
April 4, 2011 Usdan Student Center Brandeis University |
Six members of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament,
attended a Town Hall Meeting moderated by Ilan Troen,
director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, and answered your questions.
The MKs represented the three largest political parties in the Knesset:
Carmel Shama (Likud), Tzipi Hotovely (Likud), Eitan Cabel (Labor),
Daniel Ben Simon (Labor), Avi Dichter (Kadima), Ronit Tirosh (Kadima)
This event was sponsored by the Ruderman Family Foundation
and the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program
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DEMONSTRATION AT
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March 30, 2011 Park Street T Station by the Boston Common |
To mark Buy Israeli Goods (BIG) day, a group of activists set up shop outside the Park Street T Station
by the Boston Common and handed out hummus!
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ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK IN HAIFA, ISRAEL |
March 15 - 20, 2011 Haifa & Carmel Mountains, Israel |
In the wake of last Chanukah's devastating fires in the Carmel Forest, twenty students from Boston University, UMass Amherst, Harvard, Suffolk, Wheaton and Wesleyan spent three days volunteering in Haifa, followed by three days in Jerusalem.
The trip was fully sponsored by Combined Jewish Philanthropies and relief funding provided after the fires.
Students put a fresh coat of paint on an elementary school serving mainly Ethiopian-Israelis, removed damaged trees from the Yemin Orde youth center, and built a community garden at Bat Galim through creation of walking paths, mosaic benches, planting, and cement-mixing.
 Visit to Carmel Tragedy Site |
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UMass-Amherst students Mitchell Black and Steve Sowers created a video recap of the trip. |
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PEACEFUL GATHERING
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March 3, 2011 Marsh Plaza Boston University |
300 students, organized by the Boston University Students for Israel (BUSI) team,
rallied on March 3rd at the Marsh Plaza on the BU campus to condemn hateful anti-Israeli rhetoric
and to peacefully support the beleaguered nation of Israel.
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View more photos of the rally on BU Israel Peace Week's Facebook Photo Gallery
LUNCH WITH A DIVERSE
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February 28, 2011
Cultural Center Emerson College |
Young adults from the Israel at Heart program joined students, faculty, and administrators for lunch and conversation with a truly diverse bunch of young Israelis: a former MTV Europe TV host; an advisor for the gay community in Tel Aviv, fashion writer, and stylist in fashion productions; a Muslim Senior HR Manager in a Communications company; an advocacy activist formerly from Ethiopia; a 3rd year law student formerly from Sudan; a Marketing Manager of the Israeli Gay Youth Organization, and more!
The Israelis shared personal stories of diversity in Israel and America,
college experiences, and best practices.
This event was sponsored by the Emerson College's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Emerson Hillel, Hillel Council of New England, The Consulate General of Israel to New England, Israel Campus Roundtable, Hagshama, AE Phi, Emerson Feminists, and Emerson College’s Women’s HERstory Month Committee.
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ISRAEL PEACE WEEK @ BU |
February 22 - 26, 2011
All over Boston University |
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Members of BU Students for Israel engaged in a
campus-wide campaign to educate the campus community of the many wonderful ways that Israel and America are connected. Coverage of the events even made it to the student newspaper, The Daily Free Press  |
HARVARD SENDS AN OLYMPIAN TO ISRAEL |
January, 2011 All over Israel, the Middle East |
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MIFGASH FILM PREMIERE |
December 2, 2010
Fenway Regal 13 Theatre |
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On Thursday evening, December 2nd, over 300 people came to check out the new locally produced documentary about the Taglit-Birthright Israel experience.
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The film follows a tour bus of BU students who experience the Holy Land for the first time.
Before the screening, Consul General of Israel to New England Shai Bazak,
as well as CJP President Barry Shrage, spoke to the audience about the importance of
supporting these free 10-day tours of Israel for students and young adults from Boston.
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photos courtesy of nirlandau.com
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IVRI LIDER CONCERT |
Brown University Hillel Providence, Rhode Island |
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Gay Israeli artist Ivri Lider spoke to a crowd of 100 people after performing
some of his musical hits. "Lider stressed that 'Israel is a very liberal country' and the leader of gay rights in the Middle East...gay couples who are married abroad are granted a marriage certificate, which gives them the same rights and benefits as a heterosexual married couples. Gay Israelis serve in the military and adopt the biological children of their partners. Lider said that he had no trouble getting an extended visa for his American boyfriend."
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BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL 2.0 |
Sheraton Hotel Boston, Massachusetts |
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On Sunday evening, October 17th, over 130 students packed the Sheraton Hotel in Boston for a night of fun, trivia, mingling, and education as celebrated educator Neil Lazarus spoke about the current situation in the Middle East.
As alumni of the Taglit-Birthright Israel program, participants were thrilled to meet fellow alumni from other participating schools, including Harvard, Tufts, Brandeis, BU, Bentley, Northeastern, and more!
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