Johns Hopkins Students fight anti-Israel sentiment on campus
By Maayan Jaffe from the Baltimore Jewish Examiner - “It is very important to have people on campuses all across America that are willing to defend Israel rationally and when necessary,” said Brooke Katz, junior, the newly selected StandWithUs Emerson Fellow at Johns Hopkins.
Katz and Seth Finkelstein, a junior at the University of Maryland, are among the 38 college students chosen out of more than 120 by StandWithUs this year to educate about Israel on their campuses. The program is funded by philanthropists Rita and Steve Emerson.
Both Katz and Finkelstein have been involved with Israel activism for the past several years. Katz is a member of the Coalition of Hopkins Activists for Israel. Finkelstein is on the board of TERPAC, Maryland’s Israeli culture group. Katz said she sees Israel being attacked more often “than most people would care to admit.” She applied for the fellowship to make a difference.
Neither Maryland nor Hopkins have a reputation for virulent anti-Israel sentiment. Nonetheless, the students feel their role is essential. Finkelstein said that while there is a huge pro-Israel movement at U of M, there is also a big anti-Israel movement. Recently, a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine emerged. Last year, students participated in Palestine Solidarity Week. Finkelstein said his role is to show the Israeli side.
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I’m a “Headline Hopper.” There’s so much news out there, sometimes you just have read the headlines to get caught up. I’m sure I’m not alone.
That said, this headline is horribly disingenuous. I gasped when I saw it, thinking that perhaps there were some anti-semitic incidents at Hopkins. Then, I actually read the article. And it’s all about a group involved in pro-Israel activism. It’s a wonderful thing. But not at all what the headline suggests.
This headline is pretty misleading.