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one another and understand each other's
perspectives."
To that end, Open Hillel is holding a
conference from Oct. 11-13 at Harvard
University that will include a variety of
speakers — among them well-known BDS

activist Judith Butler.
"We would love Hillel International to

send some folks to the conference, and we
actually invited them a while back," Rofes
said.
According to Mael, Fingerhut's willing-

ness to meet with Open Hillel students and
proactively hear their concerns is in line
with Hillel's overall philosophy and "dis-

proves the entire thesis of Open Hillel as a
farce."
"Many of the Open Hillel people have a
problem with the existence of the Jewish
State of Israel, and they harbor intense
hatred toward the Jewish state," and, there-
fore, Hillel International "is doing what it
can to maintain the pro-Israel integrity of
its organization," Mael said.
Ultimately, the issue of whether or not
students feel welcome at Hillel is different
from a notion of needing to agree on every
issue, Fingerhut said.
"We're never going to agree on every-
thing," he said. "That's not possible when
you represent all Jewish students on cam-
pus."
For those who want to be involved
with programs and groups that are not
sanctioned by Hillel's guidelines, "there are
many [other] outlets on a campus" for that,
Fingerhut added.
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working alongside other physicists,
joining in their search for answers
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in. I know that I'm helping a great cause
that many people in our community benefit
from."
What made my internship so inspiration-
al was watching the folks, staff, managers
and volunteers interact together.
When I was in middle/high school, I
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International's strategy on Israel for the com-
ing year, including the potential establish-
ment of a student cabinet, which Rofes sees
as a sign of Hillel's growing commitment to
student empowerment.
"We got an email that Hillel is interested
in meeting, [and] we, of course, were happy
to go and do that," Rofes said. "[We were]
just looking to sort of check in" and discuss
ways to "find some common ground and
work together," he added.
Fingerhut's goal is to assure students of
how welcome they are at Hillel.
"There's nothing involved in Hillel's
Israel guidelines that in any way excludes
any student based on any opinion they
might have," Fingerhut said, differentiat-
ing between students' ability to express a
diversity of views on Israel within Hillel's
tent, but not to partner with anti-Israel
organizations on a Hillel-sponsored activity.
Another voice speaking out on the issue
is Safe Hillel, a campus movement created
in response to Open Hillel with the goal —
much like Hillel itself — to dispel miscon-
ceptions about Hillel's lack of inclusiveness.
"Hillel is an open and welcoming organi-
zation with a mission statement, and they
stand for their mission statement like any
other organization should and does," said
Daniel Mael, a junior at Brandeis University
and one of Safe Hillel's founders.
Hillel is not stifling student opinions but
is simply saying that it "will not sponsor
hate groups, and anti-Semitic and anti-
Israel speakers," Mael said.
Rofes, however, said Open Hillel just
wants "a conversation where people can
counter one another,and can grow from

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