Vassar Jewish Union declares itself an ‘Open Hillel’

Published 02/19/2014 in JTA  online at:  JTA.org

Vassar College’s Jewish Union declared itself an “Open Hillel,” repudiating international Hillel guidelines rejecting partnerships with groups deemed hostile toward Israel. The Vassar Jewish Union, a Hillel-affiliated student group, made the announcement Tuesday on its website. It is the second campus Hillel organization to designate itself an Open Hillel. Swarthmore College Hillel voted to reject the Hillel guidelines for campus Israel activities in December. The guidelines forbid individual Hillel chapters from hosting groups or speakers that among other things deny Israel’s right to exist or support boycott or divestment from the Jewish state.
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