Featured Campus Activisim Article (2003 -2004):

Israel Activism on the Campus of Northwestern University
By Ben Decker

"Amidst the wars over the Middle East that take place on college campuses all over the country, there are colleges that function in peace. Not all colleges in the United States have as much pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel activity as Rutgers University or Boston University, in fact some colleges have relatively peaceful environments when it comes to their stance on the Israel-Arab Conflict. In the windy city of Chicago, the prestigious Northwestern University is an institution of higher learning where there are few clashes over the Middle East. Despite a small Jewish community at Northwestern, anti-Semitism is rare and the Hillel Cultural Life organization is the voice of that Jewish community." (Read more...)

Featured Media Bias Article (2003 -2004):

Analysis of John Ward Anderson's Washington Post Article: Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 3 in Gaza: Fresh Campaign Follows Suicide Attack on Sunday
By Jessica Weiner

"An article does not necessarily have to be unbalanced to be biased. A reporter may include opinions and information from every side of a story in his article yet the article may still favor one side because of the way the information is presented. This article uses quotes from both Palestinian and Israeli officials and offers explanations for both sides (seems pretty balanced). And I will even admit that the entire article is not biased. However, from the way the title is presented to information that has been left out, this article is biased." (Read more...)

Featured Israel Day Parade Article (2003 -2004):

Israel Parade 2004: Skaters and Bladers for Israel for JJ
By Sally Abadi

"Rabbi Yitzhak Greenberg and his wife Blu Greenberg entered an Israeli hospital last year to meet with two men. The first was an 18-year-old artist who had just received a cornea transplant that ridded him of his blindness. The other was a 51-year-old Palestinians who had just received a liver transplant. What was in common with these two meetings was that both these transplants were operated with the organs of the couple"s deceased son Jonathan Joseph, otherwise known as JJ Greenberg." (Read more...)

Featured Politics and Israel Article (2003 -2004):

Politics and Israel: Kerry's Stance on Israel
By Rachel Bayefsky-Anand

"In February 2004, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts – then one of many candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination – wrote an article in the Brown Students for Israel publication “Perspectives: An Israel Review” titled “A Powerful Journey, An Essential Dream.” In it, he describes in moving language his visit to Israel, finishing with “In this difficult time we must…reaffirm our belief that the cause of Israel must be the cause of America—and the cause of people of conscience everywhere.” This statement infuriated pro-Palestinian groups and pleased pro-Israel organizations, opening a debate over the now-Democratic nominee’s views on Israel. (Read more...)