| December 11, 2006 |
Nonie Darwish, daughter of an Egyptian Jihadist and author of the new book "Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad" spoke to a packed audience about the threat of Radical Islam to the West and to Israel. Ms. Darwish took questions from the audience and then stayed afterward to sign copies of her book and speak individually with students.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516352 |
| December 6, 2006 |
HSI organized a gathering of solidarity with Israel's kidnapped soldiers and Israeli civilian victims of terror in the Yard. Over 50 students came to show their support of Israel and represent the strong pro-Israel presence on campus.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516256 |
| December 5, 2006 |
HSI cosponsored a screening of the film Disengaging Democracy with the Harvard Law School Alliance for Israel. Award-winning filmmaker Igal Hecht came to speak about the documentary, and law professor Gabriella Blub spoke about the disengagement. |
| November 15, 2006 |
HSI brought Krav Maga expert Moshe Katz in from Israel to train Harvard students in the Israeli self-defense method. The workshop was fun and fast-paced and all those in attendance worked up a sweat and had a great time!
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| November 8, 2006 |
Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Correspondent Herb Keinon joined HSI members and Harvard's top student journalists for a lunch discussion on Israel's political, diplomatic, and strategic challenges. |
| November 7, 2006 |
HSI members volunteered at polling stations throughout Somerville, helping the Somerville Coalition for Middle East Peace defeat the Somerville Divestment Project. Our work at the polling stations paid off and the divesment proposal was defeated. |
| November 1, 2006 |
Top-ranking diplomat Eynat Shlein-Michael from the Embassy of Israel in Washington DC spoke to a group of about 50 Harvard students on the topic of "Israel and Hezbollah: What Next?," which HSI cosponsored with Harvard Hillel, KSG Jewish Caucus, and HLS Alliance for Israel. Prior to the lecture, Counselor Shlein-Michael had a private dinner briefing with Harvard's student political leaders.
Read the Crimson's coverage. |
| October 23, 2006 |
We had Wexner fellow Lt. Col. Ziv Levy join us for our weekly meeting. Ziv gave a very informative multimedia presentation on Israel's military operations in Lebanon over the summer. |
| October 18, 2006 |
We had several hundred students come by our ISRAEL FEST in tent outside the Science Center to enjoy free falafel and Israeli music and learn about Israel. We had trivia games about Israel and Hebrew bead bracelet-making stations. And we collected over 100 signatures from Harvard undergrads for our petition! |
| October 12, 2006 |
Three young Israelis from the organization Israel at Heart spoke to HSI members at our meeting and then addressed the broader student community at a Pizza and Politics at the IOP. They talked about living in Israel, their feelings about the events of last summer, and their hopes for the future. |
| October 31, 2005 |
Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz gave a convincing talk today on how the peace process in the Middle East should unfold. Dershowitz discussed his new book, The Case for Peace, and took questions from the audience for over an hour afterwards. Congratulations to those of you that won free books by RSVP'ing early!
Moral of the story:sign up for the HSI mailing list and go to HSI events. |
| October 26, 2005 |
Our Shotei Hanevua (Fools
of Prophecy) concert was a huge
success! We were entirely
sold out except for just
7 tickets! Over 425
people turned out for the event. Thank
you to everyone that came! Check out
related articles in
the Boston Herald and
the Harvard Crimson. |
