Birthright program ignores Israeli conflict
As we approach winter break, many Jewish Vassar students, along with Jewish young adults around the world, are considering taking advantage of what seems like an amazing opportunity: a completely…
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Social justice orgs unite for Israeli-Palestinian peace
Touching on the controversial climate at Vassar surrounding issues concerning Israeli-Palestinian relations, leaders of the BDS movement Rebecca Vilkomerson and Hind Awwad hosted a panel advocating for their cause and…
Outside the Bubble 2/5/14
Boehner, House Republicans Snub White House in Netanyahu Invitation House Speaker John Boehner has circumvented the Obama administration to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint…
Palestinian and Israeli speakers recount violence, activism
Jewish Voice for Peace at Vassar (JVP), a group whose members support the movement for peace and justice in historic Palestine, hosted a lecture on Nov. 7 entitled “Militarism and…
Alumna expresses discontent with Vassar BDS movement
Imagine five Vassar departments and two programs co-sponsoring a speech by a Ku Klux Klan supporter. Or Vassar giving its imprimatur to a rant against members of the LGBTQ community…
Baskin supports ‘possible’ two state-solution in talk
On Nov. 3, J Street U Vassar, a student organization committed to discussing a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within the context a two state-solution perspective, hosted an event featuring…
BBC series artfully delves into Israel-Palestine conflict
When a family member is kidnapped, Anglo-Israeli arms heiress-turned-philanthropist Nessa Stein struggles with the past and present as her Arab-Israeli telecommunications initiative is manipulated by dark forces beyond her control.…
Preliminary org criticized for online image
On Tuesday, May 13, the Vassar preliminary student organization, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), posted an image online linked to Nazi propaganda. The distribution of the image, as well…
Open Hillel allows VJU to welcome all backgrounds
Two months ago, the Vassar Jewish Union, a Hillel Student Organization (VJU), declared itself an Open Hillel. Since then, there have been many articles published and discussions had about what…
Letter to the Editor 04/10/2014
Had I any doubts that our students are ill-served when faculty act primarily as activists rather than scholars, Prof. Schreier’s letter (“Campus Discourse Continues to Be Strong,” The Miscellany News…