MY SON MENDY EVISCERATES THE ARGUMENTS OF NYU STUDENTS WHO DENY ISRAEL NOT BE ASSAULTED ON CAMPUS. BRILLIANT PIECE Not Enough Is Being Done to Defend Israel at NYU In a recent opinion piece in the Observer, Laura Adkins and Zak Kukoff claim that much is being done to defend and promote Israel at NYU. Their column focuses on the recent event I organized under the auspices of my father Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s organization, which featured Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel, US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, and Harvard Professor Noah Feldman. The event was organized in response to Mahmoud Abbas’ UN address in which he attacked Israel and claimed they were waging a ‘war of Genocide.’ It is true that TorchPAC allowed me to announce my event at their debate this past Thursday. Laura Adkins is a serious Jewish activist whom I respect and hope to emulate, if not in her methods certainly in her commitment. I will give credit where credit is due. However, Laura is living in denial of how hostile to Israel NYU has become. And why Jewish groups on campus chose not to get fully behind the event to respond to Abbas and host the greatest living Jewish personality on earth is utterly mystifying. Read more at observer/2014/11/not-enough-is-being-done-to-defend-israel-at-nyu/#ixzz3JdXRA051 Follow us: @newyorkobserver on Twitter | newyorkobserver on Facebook
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:59:40 +0000
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