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Campus Gamechangers inspire

By Matt Franzblau
ust when I was desperately in need educated and empowered. dialogue about our homeland on Amer-
of a ‘pick me up’ amidst this Coro- Participants like John Dominguez, ica’s college campuses, a landscape
Jnavirus crisis, I most definitely re- who grew up in a half-Christian, half- once fraught with negativity and deri-
ceived one as I was fortunate enough Muslim household, admitted he had sion, but now are evolving into spaces
to be on a Jewish National Fund-USA mixed feelings about the Jewish home- of optimism and open mindedness.
(JNF-USA) Campus Gamechangers land as a youth, but it was his desire These advocates for our homeland
Zoom call featuring participants, pro- to see Israel with his own eyes that are really some of the unsung heroes
fessionals and lay leaders involved in eventually led him to go on JNF-USA’s within JNF-USA’s lay leadership as
Caravan for Democracy. Upon return-
both JNF-USA’s Caravan for Democ-
they build and strengthen relation-
EASY racy and Faculty Fellowship Program. ing to his college campus, he played a ships with others on different ends of
JNF-USA’s Caravan for Democ-
the political and sociological spectrum,
vital role in defeating a BDS resolution
all while spreading a message that’s
racy Student Leadership Mission to
at Cornell, where he is a student gov-
Israel provides non-Jewish college stu-
Positively Israel. Ultimately, this gives
ernment representative.
It’s not just the students, though,
STEPS dent leaders with a 10-day, fully subsi- who are advocating for Israel, as those me hope that one day soon, Israel will
truly be seen by all as a light unto the
dized mission to Israel with the goal of
in front of the classroom are getting
nations.
facilitating constructive dialogue about
Israel and the Middle East on college
For more information about JNF-
out in front of the Israeli narrative on
campuses across the U.S. JNF-USA’s
from Duke University Professor Xiling
Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel campus as well. That’s what we heard USA’s Faculty Fellowship Program or
the Caravan for Democracy, visit jnf.
How To Stay provides academics in the U.S. with Shen. After going on his Faculty Fel- org/college.
lowship last summer, Professor Shen
an opportunity to meet and collabo-
Matt Franzblau is the President of the
Up-To-Date rate with their academic peers in Israel helped start an on-campus seminar JNFuture Board in Broward County,
Florida. He also serves on the JNFu-
series that features apolitical speakers
while also exploring the beauty and
On Your complexity of the region. from Israel who talk about innovation ture National Board along with the
Marketing and Faculty Fellowship
The stories shared were truly inspi-
and entrepreneurship.
These are just two amazing exam-
rational as these brave men and women
Committees.
Jewish who knew little about Israel before, ples of new Positively Israel spokes-
people who are helping to shift the
came back from their experience both
Community BRIEFS
1 STEP ONE UNDER THE RADAR: ARAB portive Obama government and con- 180,000 babies were born, 32,000
Hourly STATES AGREE TO ISRAELI tinued their rejectionism. It is time for people immigrated to Israel and 44,000
Abbas and his veteran leadership to
people died.
SOVEREIGNTY
Social Media: While we don’t always Alongside their public rejection of the wake up and understand that the inter- The Central Bureau of Statistics
post hourly, we do post often. What do we Israeli plan to extend sovereignty to the ests of the region and the world have projects that Israel’s population will
post? Time-sensitive news, alerts, items of changed.” reach 11 million by 2030, and 15.2 mil-
interest, and more. Follow us on Facebook, Jordan Valley and Israeli settlements “If they miss yet another opportu- lion by 2048, which will be the coun-
Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and more! in Judea and Samaria, senior officials nity to establish an independent state try’s 100 anniversary.
th
Find us by searching for “JFEDSRQ.” in Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and alongside Israel because of Israeli sov- Israel is a young country by Organ-
the Gulf States say their leaders have
2 STEP TWO met in recent months with U.S. offi- ereignty in the Jordan Valley and the isation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) standards with
settlements, in another 20 years they
cials Jared Kushner and Avi Berkowitz
will be left with nothing.”
28% of the population below the age of
and, in effect, gave them a green light
to continue the work of the U.S.-Israel A senior Egyptian security offi- 14, while the OECD average is 18%.
Daily JFEDSRQ.org mapping committee to advance the cial added that moderate Arab leaders Israel’s over 65 population comprises
headed by Egyptian President Sisi “see
12% of the country compared with the
Whether you’re on your sovereignty plan. the struggle to block Shiite Iran’s drive OECD average of 17%. (Amiram Bar-
desktop, laptop or smartphone, the Fed- A senior Saudi diplomat close to
eration website, has everything above and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for hegemony over Sunni nations in the kat, Globes)
below (and more) right at your fingertips. told Israel Hayom that Saudi Arabia, Middle East as a more important issue THE CORONAVIRUS
Keep our event calendars in your bookmarks Egypt and the UAE have an unofficial than that of the Palestinians.” (Daniel
bar for event information in a click. coordinated position in favor of the Siryoti, Israel Hayom) CRISIS IS BRINGING
ISRAEL’S JEWISH AND
3 STEP THREE sovereignty plan. ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, ARAB CITIZENS TOGETHER
“With all due respect to the few
ISRAEL’S POPULATION
Israel is facing its first national threat
Palestinians who live in the Jordan
Valley, Arab states like Saudi Arabia, NEARLY 9.2 MILLION that has nothing to do with the Arab-
Weekly Egypt the UAE and Jordan will not en- Israel’s population has reached 9.19 Israeli conflict. In the Coronavirus,
million on the eve of Israel’s 72 Inde-
nd
Federation Eblast: Receive timely danger their relations with the Trump pendence Day (April 29), the Central Israel’s Arab and Jewish citizens are
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