Starting tonight 300 young people will be gathering in Cambridge, Mass., at the “Open Hillel” conference to shake off the Zionist orthodoxy inside the Jewish establishment. These young people do not want a bunch of graying Jewish nationalists telling them that they can’t hear from Ali Abunimah or Rebecca Vilkomerson in their campus Hillel’s, or anyone else who supposedly demonizes Israel or who calls for boycott of the Jewish state.
When they declare, “It’s time to build the future of the American Jewish community,” believe them. Their community includes non-Jews; and echoing Rabbi Hillel, the conference is titled, “If Not Now, When?” “The anticipation is mounting!” writes a supporter at their Facebook page.
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When they declare, “It’s time to build the future of the American Jewish community,” believe them. Their community includes non-Jews; and echoing Rabbi Hillel, the conference is titled, “If Not Now, When?” “The anticipation is mounting!” writes a supporter at their Facebook page.
- See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/10/cambridge-orthodoxy-establishment#sthash.jmOHkKMR.dpuf