Jewish students on college campuses are facing increasing harassment and physical threats. Please join us as Avi Posnick discusses what they are experiencing, how they are coping and responding, and being helped to stand up for Israel. He will also share what support students are receiving, and ways we can help.
Community partners:
- Congregation Kehillath Israel, Brookline
- Congregation Or Atid, Wayland
- Hadassah Northeast
- Massachusetts Inter-Synagogue Antisemitism Task Force
- Temple Beth El, Springfield
- Temple Beth Israel, Waltham
- Temple Beth Shalom – Needham
- Temple Emeth, Chestnut Hill
- Temple Emunah, Lexington
- Mattathius Project
Avi Posnick is the executive director for StandWithUs Northeast & New England. StandWithUs is an international education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism around the world, including on college campuses and in high schools. Since joining StandWithUs in 2007, Avi has been growing StandWithUs’s outreach to community leaders around the area, building coalitions, educating and empowering them to fight antisemitism. Before joining StandWithUs, Avi attended Yeshiva University, where he majored in political science. He was active in many student groups and was the founder of YUPAC, which is still active today. He was also very active in high school leading many campaigns and public demonstrations to support Israel and to call for the extradition of Nazi war criminals living in the U.S. and countries around the world.
This is a program of the Temple Emanuel Israel Action Committee.
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