Avi Levine, a student at UC Berkeley, sends a strong message to Legislators at the Campus Climate Meeting at SJSU on March 21, 2014 about the campus climate experience of being a Zionist, Jewish student on campuses today.
Transcript: www.amchainitia...
A glimpse of his great speech:
"..The Jewish community is an incredibly diverse community, and not deserving in the least of these sorts of generalizations. This is because our families have been tossed around the world, expelled from country to country over the last thousands of years.
We've been exposed to all sorts of antisemitism, bigotry and intolerance. The only place that is has truly been safe for Jews has been Israel. This reality is the basis of Zionism. And this is the reason I argue for what I do. It is simply about wanting to practice our Judaism safely and having a place in our historic homeland where we identify.
In my three years at Cal, I've noticed that North American college campuses haven't become even a close substitute as a safe place to practice our Judaism...
I would argue campus climate is a reflection on whether or not students feel comfortable on campuses being themselves and expressing their true identity as Jews...
Just because someone is allowed to say something doesn't mean that we need to tacitly endorse it. And that's what we need from our leadership. We need to be able to, when there is a hateful divestment resolution that's labeling me as a Zionist Nazi when my grandfather has a number tattooed to his arm. to say that this is not OK... it's not acceptable and we don't stand by it. That's what we need from our leadership.""
Full transcript can be found at: www.amchainitia...
*posted with permission by Avi Levine.
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