By The Board of J Street U Princeton In recent weeks, the controversial tactic of boycott, divestment, and sanctions has been thrust into the center of our community’s conversation on Israel and Palestine.
I am the reason my friend almost did not get to see “The Lion King” on Broadway last night.
Ask a room full of people what they think when they hear the word “deficit” and the words “economy,” “government spending” or “taxes” may quickly come to mind.
We, the undersigned, are Jewish students on this campus whowere troubled, most recently, by Executive Director of the Center for Jewish Life Rabbi Julie Roth’s letter, emailed to all students affiliated with the CJL, that laid out the CJL’s institutional response to a faculty petition calling for the University to “divest from all companies that contribute to or profit from the Israeli occupation of the West Bank until the State of Israel complies with UN Resolution 242, ends its military occupation of the West Bank and lifts its siege of Gaza.” The letter states that the CJL is “taking the best, positive strategic approach to defeat this action,” including a direct link to a counter-petition open to all members of the University community—as though taking such action is a foregone conclusion for our community. Last week’s letter is emblematic of the larger bind into which Hillel International forces the CJL and our community.
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To the Editor: The people in theanti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign are an interesting crowd.
One of the best parts of the University’s undergrad curriculum is the freedom to explore during your first two years (and to some degree, even after you’ve selected a major). We don’t have standard general education courses that every single freshman or sophomore has to take, like at Columbia.
By Sam Major Last Tuesday, a number of Princeton faculty members ran an advertisement in The Daily Princetonian calling for the University to “divest from all companies that contribute to or profit from the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and continued siege of Gaza.” Many students, however, disagree.
Last Tuesday, 48 tenured Princeton professors published anopen lettercalling on the University to divest from companies that profit from or contribute to the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and siege on Gaza.
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