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build bridges with the Christian community
and strengthened the Judeo-Christian pro-Israel
alliance.
Under the leadership of Associate Director
and Northeast Campus Coordinator Jonathan
Ginsburg, ZOA Campus brought critically
needed Zionist programming to New
England.
Jonathan (who, with his wife, recently welcomed
their first baby, Ilan) presented an Israel
101 seminar at Northeastern University,
sharing details of Israel's rich history, as well
as its current geo-strategic challenges.
ZOA also proudly co-sponsored a variety
of events, including Krav Maga self-defense
seminars at City College and the Fashion
Institute of Technology; a presentation by
Professor Richard Landes at Boston College;
Shabbat dinners at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst; and speaking engagements
by Noam Bedein, director of the Sderot Media
Center, at Ithaca College and Binghamton
University.
Under the leadership of Mid-Atlantic Coordinator
Or Taylor, ZOA Campus continues
to bring strong Zionist programming to the
region, including expert speakers, educational
initiatives, and celebrations of Israeli heritage
on campus.
The most recent addition to ZOA Campus
is Midwest Campus Coordinator Nadav
Alkoby. A Florida native and former AEPi Israel
engagement professional, Nadav hit the
ground running and helped our students in
the Midwest, who were facing a campus climate
harshly critical of Israel. Our ZOA Fellows
refused to let hate paralyze them. They
applied for ZOA Campus grants, which support
campus initiatives, to counter the anti
Israel sentiment. They tabled to showcase
Israel’s humanitarian aid efforts and hosted
an event featuring Ohad Roisblatt, an injured
IDF soldier. Students for Justice in Palestine
(SJP) and anti-Israel activists attended
and tried to disrupt the event, in an unsuc-
ZOA Campus
Associate Director
Jonathan Ginsburg
gives an Israel 101
Seminar to
Northeastern
University students.
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In the fall of 2018, ZOA Campus launched
its own Facebook page to engage and encourage
students to expand their Zionist activism
on campus. We post information about Israel,
as well as original content by our ZOA
Campus Fellows. This includes blogs from
the students on the ZOA Student Leadership
Missions to Israel, photos and videos from Zionist
events and tablings that ZOA Campus
Fellows host on their campuses, and content
generated during the ZOA Campus summer
internship program.
The ZOA Campus Facebook page is the
place for Zionist students to find all their hard
work posted, liked, and shared. This space
will continue to grow as we create new content
geared to young American Zionists who
are often the sole voices on their campuses
speaking up against BDS and other forms of
anti-Semitism.
New Additions to the ZOA
Campus Family
In the fall, ZOA Campus established a new
regional presence in the southwest by adding
Southwest Campus Coordinator Antar
Davidson to the team. Antar brings Zionist
activism to Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas,
Utah and Wyoming. He is no stranger to
ZOA Campus. Antar began his college activism
with ZOA as a summer intern in the Bay
Area, then became a Campus Fellow at the
University of Arizona, and participated in the
ZOA Student Leadership Mission to Israel.
ZOA Campus rapidly established itself in
the southwest region. Partnering with groups
such as the Young Conservatives of Texas at
the University of Texas at Austin, ZOA Campus
brought ZOA National President Morton
A. Klein to speak at an event, which helped
ZOA Campus