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Monday, June 29, 2009

Students trained to be advocates for Israel when return to U.S.

Ynet
'More than 400 English-speaking yeshiva students have recently completed an educational curriculum dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict and titled, "Understanding, Advocating, and Inspiring."

The program, which brings courses on the modern State of Israel and Israel advocacy into yeshiva classrooms, was created by The David Project in cooperation with MASA, and Taglit-Birthright... to bring their Jewish leadership experience to college campuses and speak up for Israel. ...


Project participants (Photo courtesy of The David Project)

...Executive director of the David Project Anna Kolodner explained, "…deepening the students' connection with Israel by educating them on Zionism ... and inspiring them to take leadership roles back home".

...Next fall Nava [Friedman] will bring her leadership skills to the campus of Princeton University. Full story