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AddReply(201125,"Hillel\'s reflect their communties","Josh","Mid bar","05/09/07","You\'ll find some Hillel\'s to be generally fine in promoting basic Jewish-themed activities for students. Others, like Berkeley Hillel, reflect the anti-Semitism and scare tactics prevalent on that campus.\nGenerally, Hillel tries to be so ecumenical that students can be  reprimanded for activities that are too \"Jewish\" (my personal experience).  \nCollege kids, go to the Chabad House and enjoy a l\'chaim with healthy-minded Jews in a kosher environment.");
AddReply(201110,"why not get them fired","Lynn","los angeles","05/09/07","Isnt it time we  contact B\'nai Brith and educate them? Many years ago we got the director of Ann Arbor\'s Hillel fired (actually, they promoted him), but ...oh yeah..I guess they dont care");
AddReply(187513,"#33","Eyewitness","Berkeley","02/26/07","A sticky key does not mean someone is illiterate any more than your\nidiot\'s accusations that I am Lee Kaplan, the author of this article. Adam Shapiro did speak at Berkeley Hillel.\nHere\'s the list of speakers  groups affiliated with Berkeley Hillel invited/co-sponsored 2001-2003:\nDafka \nMorton Klein\n\nIAC \nEhud Barak \nDennis Ross \nYossi Beilin\n\nTzedek \nMarcia Friedman \nStephen Zunes \nRefuseniks \nJoel Beilin \nAdam Shapiro\n\nNetanyahu was not allowed to speak by protesters. I don\'t think any reasonable person can argue that this is a balanced set of speakers.\n");
AddReply(187257,"Back to school for Lee","Ayin","Berkeley","02/25/07","Lee (and you are Lee). This \' is called an apostrophe. Please learn to proof read as it make you sound a bit more convincing when making stuff up. Adam Shapiro (that Adam Shapiro) was never at Hillel. Once again your attempt to claim that only you are right proves that you are just a bully. ");
AddReply(186755,"To Ayin","Eyewitness","Berkeley","02/22/07","Making accusations I am Lee Kaplan is false. As I see it, Hillel at UC Berkeley is not anti-Israel, it is just plain stupid. Fact: Hillel invited Adam Shapiro to speak there of the ISM. Fact: Hillel allows Marcia Freedman to speak at Hillel multiple times\n(Freedman wants Jews in the West Bank deported). Fact: Hillel invites the phony \"IDF\nsoldiers of the refuseniks to speak but doesnt bring IDF veterans to Hillel. You cant claim feedom of speech if Hillel wont invite or prevents people from ZOA or other conservative groups to present their views. And its a fact that Hillel does not do that. Freedom of speech for me, but not for thee is system at Hillel. ");
AddReply(186700,"Lee aka Eyewitness aka Berkeley Student is WRONG","Ayin","Berkeley","02/22/07","Berkeley Hillel refuses to “swift boated” by Lee Kaplan, or anyone else. Lee Kaplan’s commentary is an insult to the Zionism of Berkeley Hillel’s donors and students. Lee Kaplan believes that he knows better than all of these hard working volunteers, donors and leaders- he is wrong. Lee Kaplan thinks that the thousands who support Berkeley Hillel are self hating Jews- he is wrong. In Lee Kaplan’s universe Freedom of Speech has been suspended- he is wrong. The Jewish discussion continues as it has for the last 3000 years. We will not be told what to believe or how to think. Berkeley Hillel proudly defends the rights of students to explore their Jewish identity in this 110th year of Zionism.");
AddReply(186625,"A reply to #26 Yaman","Eyewitness","Berkeley","02/21/07","Yaman is one of the biggest anti-Semites on the UC Berkeley campus. He seems to be attributing my comments to the author. Aside from his being wrong on this, it is ironic that an avowed racist against the Jews in Israel should be calling people \"racist\" when it is the Arabs like himself who insist on complete hegemony in the region.");
AddReply(186590,"Yes, monstrosities in the Middle East","Student","Berkeley","02/21/07","Do these monstrosities consist of calling for the murder of Jews for Israels existence? Do they include honor killings and terrorist attacks on innocent people? Do they include forcing Sharia Law oand lying about the Jews? Israel has sought to make peace. Our universities with Hillel\'s laziness are only fostering Arab propaganda to destroy Israel. Hillel needs to clean up its act and not listen to crap from Arab students on campus who accuse Jews of racism then try to hasten their murder.");
AddReply(186586,"I know Yaman Salahi","Berkeley student","I know Yaman Salahi","02/21/07","Racism? Says who? Yaman Salahi is  a student in the Students for Justice in Palestine at UC Berkeley who is very active in the divestment program and boycott of Jews there. He was sued by Lee Kaplan for libel over the Internet and with his little \nJew-hating buddies on the Web, has no problem lying about Jews to attack Israel. Wanting to starve Jews in Israel into capitualtion is racism. The concept of \"Arab Jews\" reveals Salahi\'s own racism. Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews were never considered Arabs by the Arabs but dhimmis. Salahi likes it when Hillel plays the fool for his group on campus. Racism for him is just a red herring to call anyone who opposes his\npan-Arab goal of annihilating the Jews. ");
AddReply(186527,"wow, thank you! sooo right on! ","darfin","Berkeley","02/21/07","Oh my God. Wow. Baruch Ha\'Shem. I finally read an article online about something i really agree with. I live in Berkeley, and i am often ashamed at how hypocritical and off topic these students are. What is this university teaching its students? I for one, am comfortable and quite pleased at how my friends and peers can ignore the monstrosities that go on in the middle east. And i am so glad that we live in a country whose media can hide and cover up the truth of the horrors in such a way that is convincing and seemingly truthful. These students here try to force us right wing ideologists to some-how believe their honest and good willed testimonials. I don\'t care that the things they talk about are real scenarios with real people and real events. The Palestinians may be real people stuck in a terrible and complicated struggle, but why am i to care? i\'m a rich jew and i have more important things to learn about, like my financial situation. Thanks again. I hope these kids see the truth and become mindless robots like me and you. Again, baruch ha\'shem! ");
AddReply(186517,"Mr. Kaplan\'s unrelenting racism--RE Comment 20","Yaman","Berkeley, CA","02/21/07","Comment #20, yet another one of those effusively fawning comments in praise of Lee Kaplan, really reveals the extent to which racist ideology pervades Kaplan\'s vision for the future--one that is at odds even with Israel\'s laws and Israeli popular opinion.\n\nWhy does Kaplan call into question the race of a leader  of Berkeley IAC? Is this not, on some level, at striking odds with the founding document of Israel which declares that \"The state of Israel will... ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex\"? \n\nMaybe Kaplan is unaware that there is such thing as an Arab Jew--or perhaps he recognizes this but is morbidly afraid of them, and thus holds them to higher standards than their European coreligionists. Kind of like the way the Nazis denied the loyalty of German Jews, and Americans of Japanese immigrants. \n\nKaplan has always claimed that his exclusion from Hillel was proof of some pro-Arab conspiracy--but, of course, the idea is absurd enough at face value to be given any merit. Maybe it\'s time that Kaplan comes to terms with the likelihood that his eviction was not as a result of a conspiracy, but rather a reflection of his unpopular beliefs, tactics, and behavior.\n\nNo matter what the case, at least we can rest assured of Kaplan\'s rightful spot in the margins of the American Jewish and Israeli communities.");
AddReply(186306,"It happened at U. of Pennsylvnia as well","Francisco Gil-White","Mexico City","02/20/07","This sort of thing happened at the University of Pennsylvania as well:\nhttp://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/news/2004/02/02/Opinion/Francisco.GilWhite.Alleging.Bias.On.Account.Of.Personal.Political.Expression-2152675.shtml");
AddReply(186278,"Here are the facts","Eyewitness","Berkeley","02/20/07","The Bekeley Hillel IAC used to have member groups. This included Tzedek, that was kicked out after trying to disrupt Daniel Pipes speech and endorsing divestment, a Jewish frat, ZOA, DAFKA and other groups. It may be different today, but that was in 2003. Hillel opposed the bus being brought to Berkeley.\nThat is historical record. Brit Tzedek v\'Shalom spoke at\nBerkeley Hillel with Marcia Freeman many times. There is a radio show on Tovia Singer\'s archives with Lee Kaplan of one session. It is you who doesn\'t know what you are talking about. This is why Hillel won\'t change and is always repeating the same supidity. ");
AddReply(185961,"Rebuttal to Eyewitness","Ayin","Berkeley","02/18/07","You do not know what you are talking about. How do I know? IAC doesn\'t have member groups, who was this young woman- give us a name. Also the bus came during the break- Hillel was closed. Brit Tzedek doesn\'t even have a chapter at Berkeley - never did. Oh and last thing- YESHA us Greater Israel!");
AddReply(185918,"Hillels stupidity","Arnie","","02/17/07","On Sunday, February 18, 2007, Hillel at Stanford Unviersity is sposoring a Refuseniks panel where ex-Israelis who live in America and run with radical groups pose as Israeli soldiers \"refusing to serve\" because of alleged Israeli atrocities. They even call for Israel\'s prosecution in the Hague. People read this: http://www.dafka.org/NewsGen.asp?S=4&PageId=1319 \nThe Arabs are smart; whire Jewish traitors and cowards to speak for their side.");
AddReply(184267,"To #17 and #19","Former American","To #17 and #19","02/16/07","Hillel is not an orthodox organization and tends not to truly support Israel or a genuinely Jewish way of life. I was highly offended by them when I attended university. Lee Kaplan\'s article describes the Hillel that I remember.");
AddReply(184263,"I was there in Berkeley","Eyewitness","San Francisco","02/16/07","The refuseniks panel permanently affixed to the UC Berkeley website says that Tzedek co-sponsored the event with the SJP on campus. At that time Tzedek was an official part of the Hillel Israel Action Committee and thus part of Hillel. Hillel removed them when things got too hot due to Mr. Kaplan expsong what was going on. In the past, Berkeley Hillel even had (and may have paid him) Adam Shapiro as a speaker in the Hillel facilities.\n\nThe woman refered to from Pittsburg SJP was reported to Adam Weisburg, the then Hillel director. The curent head of the Berkeley IAC is Avital Aboody (an Arab name?)\nwh constantly stages leftist events at Hillel. Gordon Gladstone, the IAC advisor refers to Yesha as \"Greate Israel\" and advocates forcing Jews to leave. Hillel is not anit-Israel, just stupid.\nWhen a woman in Berkeley paid money to bring one of the buses blown up by a suicide bomber to Berkeley to show the world waht the Arabs do, Hillel was part of the groups who castigated her and told other Jews to have noting to do with her. This article rings true. Brit T\'zedek V\'Shalom still disseminates thier bile from within Berkeley Hillel.");
AddReply(184203,"This STUFF IS NOT TRUE....","Lev Ingman","Berkeley","02/15/07","EE KAPLAN SAYS: \"The Hillel at Berkeley is a prime example of Chelmite\ntheory. On the UC Berkeley website can be found a permanently affixed video\nof an IDF \"refuseniks\" conference held with the co-sponsorship of Berkeley\nHillel and the Students for Justice in Palestine.\"\n\nFACT: The program was co-sponsored by Tzedek in 2003(not Hillel) a group of\nstudents who were briefly affiliated with the Jewish Student Union. They\nchose to leave shortly after this program as a result of being unable to\ncontinue to affirm that they accepted Berkeley Hillel\'s policy on the Jewish\nPeople\'s self determination and sovereignty in Israel.\n\nLEE KAPLAN SAYS: \"When I pointed out to Hillel in Berkeley that a young\nwoman heading their Israel Action Committee had actually been a leader among\nthe Students for Justice in Palestine in Pennsylvania who openly advocated\nfor the end of Israel, the Hillel director, instead of thanking me, demanded\nto know how I found that out. When I offered to work with him to prevent\nthat from happening again, he stonewalled any contact with me.\"\n\nFACT: While we are not sure who Mr. Kaplan is referring to, to the best of\nour knowledge none of the chairs of the Israel Action Committee are former\nleaders of SJP- here or anywhere else. Each of them has worked to further\nthe cause of Israel education during their tenure.");
AddReply(183982,"The article is fine. It\'s you who is the poor one.","Marilyn","Houston","02/14/07","\n\nhttp://www.zoa.org/2007/01/zoa_dismayed_ma.htm\n\nMichigan rescinded the offer to Muslims to use the building, but only after a stink and some resignations. The author speaks the truth:\n\n\"Hillel officers voted by a small margin to offer Muslim students a place to pray at its facilities. Treasurer of Hillel’s board of governors, sophomore Robert Weisenfeld, resigned\" \n found at\nhttp://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:1IyW-Iz2xK4J:arborupdate.com/article/1017/u-m-hillel-cancels-the-olive-branch Michigan Hillel voted to allow Muslims groups to use building&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=usade");
AddReply(183864,"Poor article","Keith","Poor article","02/14/07","It\'s too bad you don\'t want to focus on the the many things Hillel is doing right regarding Israel and politics.  The Michigan reference is simply inaccurate.  I would email you with more information but no email/contact information is provided.  ");
AddReply(140,"Very Well said","Gennadiy","USA","02/13/07","Its true, i have been on few of those conferences and I saw how the security beat up Jewish kids.");
AddReply(139,"Why are the Chelmites in Hillel scared?","MED","USA","02/13/07","The \"occupation\" garbage is propagated by US mainstream media.  Recently, on Feb.1, Dr.Daniel Pipes\' talk on \"The Threat to Israel\'s Existence\", at the UC-Irvine, was raucously disrupted 15 mins.into his talk, by Islamic goons.  This rowdy gang - wearing kaffiye & Intifada embossed black T-shirts - along with black burkah wearing women, walked out boisterously.  The California police were at hand to peacefully herd them out.  Dr.Pipes had already made his point before these Islamists went crazy.  See the contrast between the treatment meted out to this gang & the serene Jews at US campuses.");
AddReply(138,"Jewish suicide","Art","jc","02/13/07","Some foolish Jews will be so \"even handed\" that they will hand their murderers a weapon. In the 60\'s 70\'s we had a Hillel rabbi at Brandeis who was embarrassed by Israels survivial in 1967 and showed the Macabees as non violent. It is a sin to assist your murderer or the murderer of your brother. The anto semites do not need a forum they have plenty of forums, Reuters,LA times, Guardian etc.");
AddReply(137,"Hillel in America","Patsy","Texas","02/13/07","What else could you expect from anarchists Berkeley ecept chaos?");
AddReply(136,"How dare they!","Ibneiah","","02/13/07","I spit on these degenerate slime balls how dare they have a jewish student dragged out and beaten for asking a perfectly legitimate question. and still claim to be jewish themselves. These people are the same sort of slime that helped to herd their own people into death camps. \n\nits not even been a century after the holocaust  and they have learned NOTHING form it. instead here they are again actively promoting the destruction of thier own people. I need to go and throw up now.");
AddReply(135,"Berkley?","SMOTD","USA","02/13/07","Lets see Michigan with the largest Muslim pop. in the U.S and Berkley. Berkley? No Berkey student is going to do anything that is anti-ultra liberal. Mr Kaplan I doubt you are naive but did you really think a Berkley student was going to stand up for Israel or Judaism?");
AddReply(134,"Yeah","MM","RBS","02/13/07","I agree with Ziggy: whilst undoubtedly, there\'s a significant rise in anti-semitism, worldwide, a strengthening of Left-Wing & Islamic influence throughout the West, the real problem lies with the Jews themselves. \nWe, in Israel, have a government of goyim who care more about their salaries, perks & positions a not a fig for their Jewish subjects. Top priority is appeasing the Europeans & the Arabs in general. There is no Jewish objective or plan for which they strive - & Hillel is in tune with this void. \nJust keep them quiet whilst they go to their fate is a familiar theme.");
AddReply(133,"Hillel controlled by traitorous Jewish leaders","Dan","Jerusalem","02/13/07","\"How mainstream Diaspora Jewish  leaders are failing the Jewish people today\" by\nProf. Gil-White -- \nhttp://www.hirhome.com/israel/leaders2.htm \n");
AddReply(132,"Potentially Interested Donors","Dave","Oakland","02/13/07","Maybe some of these folks would be interested in your story.\n\nnewsletter.berkeleyhillel.org/donorlist.pdf");
AddReply(131,"similar post by two smart students at stanford","a jew on the west coast","west coast","02/13/07","go to this site for a very good article on hillel, written by two very smart Zionist college students.\ncopy the link.\nhttp://www.stanfordreview.org/Archive/Volume_XXXVII/Issue_12/Opinions/opinions4.shtml");
AddReply(130,"End all support of Hillel","Chaim","","02/13/07","It boggles the mind. While Israeli Jews, some too young to shave, risk their lives to defend Israel, Hillel idiots help our murderous enemies. I urge all good Jews to put an immediate and total end to their support of Hillel. There are fine organizations fighting for Israel and the Jewish people who deserve our support. These include Women In Green, Manhigut Yehudit, Professors For A Strong Israel etc. Hillel deserves nothing from us.");
AddReply(129,"Hillel is for Dhimmis","Yosef","Pennsylvania","02/13/07","Chabad is the place on campus for authentic yiddishkeit!");
AddReply(128,"Thank you, Lee","Ben Jonas","Phila.","02/13/07","Just to let you know that I appreciate your efforts on behalf of Israel and Jews everywhere.");
AddReply(127,"The Dhimiitude Of Hillel. Stop Sending Donations Until They Become Mor","Adina Kutnicki","US","02/13/07","I am sadly not at all surprised by Hillel\'s dhimmi behavior. \nWhile it is very true that Hillel is a \'home away from home\' for Jewish students on campus, they are NOWHERE to be found on any issues that are  not touchy feely. They kvell about their relationship with the MSA. What a delight, being chummy with a Saudi backed hate group on our campuses!\nNo one should suggest that Hillel look for trouble with other groups on campus.\nHOWEVER, it is beyond the pale when a Jewish ! group on campus is causing injury to Israel supporters.\nCUNY student - Sue the pants off of all of those involved!");
AddReply(126,"The problem is obvious","Roger Talbot","Lompoc, CA, USA","02/12/07","As a result of this article, I went and looked at Hillel\'s 2006 Annual Report, to see who is leading and funding Hillel.  When I did this, Hillel\'s problems became obvious:\n1.  It is chaired and heavily funded by Edgar Bronfman.  Need I say more?\n2.  It is funded heavily the United Jewish Communities.  You may recall that the UJC did a heavy fundraising after the Lebanon war to \"aid the Jews of northern Israel\"--and promptly gave 30% of what they raised to the Israeli Arabs who sided with Hezbollah.\n3.  Hillel is heavily funded by the various Jewish Federations.  Again, say no more.");
AddReply(125,"Outrageous","Ziggy","Sderot","02/12/07","That Americans who run Hillel have no concept of the real threat facing Jews in Israel comes as no surprise. Nowadays even our own government treats the Jews in Sderot the same.\nWhen are Jews going to wake up? All these people care about are their inflated salaries.");

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