by
Sara Dejene
| 03/15/2011
The Brandeis Hillel has decided not to include the Brandeis chapter of the Jewish Voice for Peace as a member group under its umbrella, according to a March 9 JVP press release.According to the Executive Director of Hillel Brandeis Larry Sternberg in an interview with the Justice, the Hillel Brandeis 11- member student board found that JVP's overall views on Israel conflicted with their own.In an interview with the Justice, Brandeis Hillel President Andrea Wexler '11 said that Hillel supports Israel being a "Jewish, democratic state with definable borders." When asked how JVP's views on Israel differed from those of Hillel's, Sternberg said that JVP members expressed that they believe that Israel should be a democratic state with Jewish values.In an e-mail to the Justice, Behrendt wrote "JVP supports Israel's right to security, sovereignty, and self-determination, and to remain a democratic state based on Jewish values." According to its website, the JVP is a national Jewish activist organization that supports peace between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East.Wexler said that before making the decision, the student board reviewed the JVP's constitution and past activities and consulted guidelines set forth by the international Hillel organization, which can be found on its website.According to the JVP press release, the group was denied Hillel membership as a group because of its support of boycotts of Israeli goods produced in settlements in the West Bank.
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