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Hot-Line to Combat Anti-Israel Activities on College Campuses

Israel Law Center - hotline to fight antisemitism on campuses

A Jewish civil rights group named Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center has launched the “Campus Hotline,” a manned telephone switchboard to assist university students who are subjected to anti-Israel and anti-Semitic attacks at their schools. Students and faculty are encouraged to call the Campus Hotline at (718) 907-9258 to report any incidents of anti-Semitism, discrimination, intimidation, or harassment arising from anti-Israel activities on campuses.

Shurat HaDin is also soliciting information via the Hotline on boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns to delegitimize Israel on campus, as well as efforts to provide support for terrorist organizations.

Shurat HaDin is also in the process of creating a “Report Card” to rate campuses based on their commitment to the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights guidance and to providing a safe and welcoming environment for Jewish students and faculty and for pro-Israel viewpoints. The organization expects administrators at poorly-ranked campuses to become more actively aware of both their legal obligations and their social responsibilities in responding to hostility and discrimination against Jewish students.

Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center is an international human rights law organization dedicated to enforcing basic human rights through the legal system and to representing victims of terrorism in courtrooms around the world. The organization is based in Tel Aviv and has a newly established American office located in New York.

Hey, People of the Book!

Whenever you buy books, you can help the Shul at the same time. If you use the links below, Amazon will donate about 6% of your purchase to the shul. Since they usually have the best prices, you save too!

For example: Here's a link to buy the Artscroll Siddur: Nusach Sefard (the same Siddur we use in the Shul). And here's the The Chumash: The Stone Edition (the same one we use in the Shul). Or any Books at all!

In fact, Amazon donates to the Shul when you buy anything (if you go to Amazon via our links), including:

Electronics, Toys and Games, Clothing and Accessories, Kitchen Gadgets and Housewares, Jewelry and Watches, Home and Garden, Sports and Outdoors, Tools and Hardware... anything!

So please use these links to help the Shul whenever you shop. Thanks.

Chesed Notes

Would you like to be included on a list of people willing to prepare and/or deliver meals to other Adams Street families in need of chesed at the time of a birth, death, or illness (or to help out in other ways)?

If you would like to be contacted in these circumstances, please send your name, phone number and e-mail address along with any specific instructions (i.e. "I am happy to deliver meals, but I don't have any time during the week to cook.") to the following three members of the Chesed Committee:

Shiva meals: Ilana Medvedovsky ()
Births: Tsila Sloane (617-969-7771 or )
Serious Illness: Nechama Fleischmann (617-527-0296 or )

We would like to keep names on file so that we will be able to contact you to ask if you are available to help when a situation arises.

Save Your Butcherie Receipts

Donate to the shul without it costing you a cent! Next time you shop at The Butcherie in Brookline, remember to ask for your receipt to be stamped. When you send your stamped receipts to the shul, we turn them in and The Butcherie donates 5% of your receipt total (3% for credit card purchases) to the Shul. What an easy way to support a great cause!

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The Future of Judaism

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper - Can Halachah Change? On Sunday, March 4th, Rabbi Aryeh Klapper will present "The Future of Judaism: Can Jewish Law Change?" The presentation begins at 7:30 PM.

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of The Center for Modern Torah Leadership and Rosh Beit Midrash of its Summer Beit Midrash program, a member of the Beit Din of Boston, and Instructor of Rabbinics and Bioethics at Gann Academy. He previously served as Orthodox Adviser and Director of Education at Harvard Hillel and as Talmud Curriculum Chair at Maimonides High School. Rabbi Klapper lectures in many public and academic forums and has published in numerous popular and scholarly journals.

"Can Jewish Law Change?" is the second of four special educational events that will explore the Jewish future, our second hundred years. Reservations made in advance are only $10. Use the on-line order form to make your reservation now, or to become a patron of the series.
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