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The ZOA’s Campus department, better known as ZOA Campus, propelled energetically
through the fall 2018 semester, hosting over 214 events at 75 campuses, with over 145
pro-Israel student and campus organizations. Our six dedicated professional campus
coordinators are based in major cities throughout the country. They guide over 25 esteemed
ZOA Campus Fellows, who are student leaders at their respective universities and work with
us to build knowledge of and support for Israel.
said goodbye to Ari and to each other, Ari was
murdered by a Palestinian Arab terrorist. In
that instant, our students were personally affected
by the wave of Palestinian Arab terror
that most Israelis experience and struggle with
each day.
Now, these students can honestly say they
knew a hero who died in defense of the Jewish
state. Ari’s tragic death inspired many students
to unite and launch a social media campaign
that not only exposed the media’s anti-Israel
bias, but also honored a man taken way before
his time, whom they saw as a role model and
fellow Zionist.
The students on the ZOA’s summer mission
created a photobook with pictures of
Ari and selected posts by students who knew
and loved him. The book was displayed at the
2018 ZOA Gala and delivered to Ari’s bereaved
parents in Israel a few days later. The
students also adapted Ari’s logo – the profile
of a lion with a Magen David and map of the
State of Israel – with the Hebrew words,
“Gibor K’Ari” (a hero like a lion), into a pin.
Students wore the pins at the ZOA Gala and
they continue to wear them with pride on
their campuses, to honor Ari.
To carry on Ari’s legacy, alumni of the
ZOA summer mission gave these pins to the
students who participated in the ZOA’s winter
2018-19 Student Leadership Mission to
Israel. Additionally, these participants visited
Ari’s grave in Gush Etzion. ZOA Campus
staff, who knew Ari personally, encouraged
these students to be inspired by Ari’s pro-Israel
advocacy when they return to their
campuses.
Honoring a Lion of Zion
Thanks to the continued generosity of the
Myron Zimmerman Foundation, ZOA was
privileged to guide over 70 student leaders
from campuses across the nation on two separate
student leadership missions to Israel in
2018. The trip in June took place at the height
of escalating violence on the Gaza border. Students
saw a terror kite firsthand and the extent
of the damage that the incendiary device causes
in the region.
Students also heard from expert speakers,
including Ari Fuld (z”l), a resident of Efrat.
Ari shared his life story – why he was a Zionist,
and why it is important to fight to be
a free Jew, no matter where you are physically
located, whether it be in the IDF, in France,
on a college campus, or online. The students
were so invigorated by Ari’s charisma and philosophy
that many began working with him
to schedule a fall U.S. campus tour.
On September 16, about two months after
the students from the ZOA summer mission
Ari Fuld’s
tragic
death inspired
many students
to
unite and
launch a
social media
campaign
that
not only
exposed
the media’s
anti-Israel
bias,
but also
honored a
man taken
way before
his time,
whom they
saw as a
role model
and fellow
Zionist.
ZOA student leaders
with the late Ari
Fuld (z”l)
ZOA Campus