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Encyclopedia > David Project

The David Project Center for Jewish Leadership is a non-profit corporation located in Boston, Massachusetts, whose stated aim is "to promote a fair and honest understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict."[1] It was founded in 2002 by Charles Jacobs, who serves as its president.[2] Previously, Jacobs served as Deputy Director of the Boston Chapter of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America [1] and founded the American Anti-Slavery Group. Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Combatants Arab nations Israel Arab-Israeli conflict series History of the Arab-Israeli conflict Views of the Arab-Israeli conflict International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict Arab-Israeli conflict facts, figures, and statistics Participants Israeli-Palestinian conflict · Israel-Lebanon conflict · Arab League · Soviet Union / Russia · Israel and the United... Charles Jacobs is the co-founder of the American Anti-Slavery Group, which campaigns against slavery worldwide, and a co-chairman of The Sudan Campaign, a coalition calling for an end to slavery in Sudan. ... The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) is a non-profit, tax-exempt media watchdog group based in Boston chiefly monitoring media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict and focusing primarily on correcting coverage that it considers inaccurate or unfairly skewed against Israel. ... The American Anti-Slavery Group is an abolitionist group fighting slavery in the modern world. ...


According to its website, The David Project is "committed to building Jewish leadership; increasing the support for Israel on campus; strengthening the pro-Israel and pro-Jewish sentiments and friendships within churches; and working in partnership with Jewish day schools and synagogue after-school programs to incorporate Israel advocacy and leadership skills into their core curricula." For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... A synagogue (Hebrew: בית כנסת ; beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: שול, shul; Ladino אסנוגה esnoga) is a Jewish place of religious worship. ...

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Mission statement

(From official website of The David Project:)


The David Project works to "develop educated, skilled and courageous leaders to defeat the ideological assault on Israel that is taking place on campuses, in high schools, in churches and in the general community."


This statement has been updated recently to reflect the viewpoint of The David Project that this is "a new time" for the Jewish people: "Israel is depicted as the cruelest among nations, and falsely singled out as the primary cause of conflict in the Middle East and in the world. The ideological onslaught against the Jewish State – in the media, mainstream churches, and on campus – masquerades as legitimate criticism but is in reality an unfair and dishonest discourse which vilifies and delegitimizes Israel – and her supporters. This is, in effect, a new form of hatred."[3]


A description of Columbia Unbecoming, a film produced by The David Project and featured on its official website, states: "We believe in Jewish political self-determination in the Middle East, and are proud to be called Zionists."[4] Zionism is a political movement that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where Jewish nationhood is thought to have evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and late Second Temple times,[1][2] and where Jewish kingdoms existed up to the 2nd century CE. Zionism is...


Activities

(From official website of The David Project:)

  • Four-day intensive Israel-advocacy and leadership seminars for college students.
  • Four-day teacher training institutes, featuring an "Israel Advocacy Curriculum for Jewish High Schools."
  • Short advocacy workshops: "The David Project helps students and adults become more effective advocates for Israel. Our educational workshops can be delivered as a 90-minute lecture or as a three-hour interactive session."
  • Christian Outreach program: "Through a combination of research, grassroots lobbying and consulting, the David Project’s Christian Outreach program hold church leaders accountable for their statements and policies about the Arab/Israeli conflict."
  • Documentary productions ("Our Films"): Columbia Unbecoming (see Criticism) and The Forgotten Refugees.

The David Project Center for Jewish Leadership is a non-profit corporation located in Boston, Massachusetts, whose stated aim is to promote a fair and honest understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...

Criticism

The David Project Center for Jewish Leadership has sparked controversy at academic institutions and in the media, particularly about its film Columbia Unbecoming ("A David Project documentary") about Columbia University.[5] Journalists provide background for the continuing controversy when, "[i]n December [2005], with the approval of Columbia University president Lee Bollinger and Provost Alan Brinkley, Nicholas Dirks, vice president for Arts and Sciences, appointed a committee, composed of members from his faculty, to investigate charges by a number of students in the Middle East studies department that certain of its professors bullied and humiliated students who wanted to question in class those professors' insistently biased views of the state of Israel" (Hentoff).[6] The makeup and process of that Columbia University committee further stimulated one of many heated debates among supporters and detractors of The David Project and its film.[7] Columbia University is a private research university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Lee C. Bollinger is an American lawyer, educator and is currently serving as the 19th president of Columbia University. ... Alan Brinkley is the Allan Nevins Professor of History at Columbia University. ...


The David Project and its director of education are parties in a lawsuit against 16 individuals and entities, including the Boston Herald and Fox Television's Channel 25, in which the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) alleges that they "conspired to publish and broadcast false and defamatory information about mosque leaders in part to halt development of [a] project ... [p]lanned as the largest mosque in New England." An official "statement" about the lawsuit posted on its website says "The David Project expects that the Massachusetts courts will find that the ISB claims against it and one of its employees are factually and legally frivolous, and will be dismissed. In the meantime, it will refrain from commenting directly on the lawsuit," referring visitors to the organization's lawyer. Its website does, however, also feature a section entitled "Boston Mosque Lawsuit Background on ISB Lawsuit Against The David Project" with extensive hyperlinked resources about it, including many newspaper articles with various perspectives on the lawsuit, providing details of the complaints and counter-complaints charged by the involved parties.[8] It has been suggested that civil trial be merged into this article or section. ... The Boston Herald is a tabloid newspaper, the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts, with a daily circulation of 242,957 in September 2002. ... For the animal, see Fox. ... In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of making a false statement of fact that injures someones reputation. ...


Notes

  1. ^ "Our Mission", The David Project, accessed July 29, 2006.
  2. ^ Non-profit corporation "Summary Sheet" for The David Project, Inc. n.d., The Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Corporations Division (copyright 2001-2006), accessed July 27, 2006; cf. "A New Team for a New Time with a Strong Sense of Mission," The David Project (copyright 2006), accessed July 31, 2006.
  3. ^ "The David Project Responds to a New Time,", The David Project, accessed July 29, 2006. Cf. New anti-Semitism.
  4. ^ Qtd. from item number 8 of The David Project's "Key Points about the Columbia Unbecoming video."
  5. ^ See Columbia Unbecoming - A David Project documentary, n.d. (copyright 2006), accessed July 28, 2006; video clip featured in website section called "Our Films". Cf. "Key Points about the Columbia Unbecoming video" and Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, "Statement on the David Project Film", press release, October 27, 2004, accessed August 6, 2006.
  6. ^ Cf. "David Project Reacts to Columbia Report on Student Harassment," Campus Watch, March 31, 2005, accessed July 29, 2006; Nat Hentoff, "Columbia Still Unbecoming," The Village Voice, March 4, 2005; Scott Sherman, "The Mideast Comes to Columbia," The Nation, April 4, 2005, both accessed July 28, 2006; selection of "press coverage of the film" provided by The David Project with hyperlinks.
  7. ^ See item 7 of "Key Points about the Columbia Unbecoming video"; cf. Some examples of commentary and critique relating to CAMERA, the media watchdog organization co-founded by Charles Jacobs.
  8. ^ See Stephen Kurkjian, "Mosque Lawsuit Dismissal Is Sought: Project Dissenters Deny Conspiracy," The Boston Globe, December 29, 2005; David Project section on the Mosque Lawsuit (dropdown menu), esp. "David Project Statement on the Islamic Society of Boston Lawsuit"; and "Media Coverage" (incl. scrolling "News" ticker), The David Project, n.d. (copyright 2006); all accessed July 28, 2006.

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See also

The American Anti-Slavery Group is an abolitionist group fighting slavery in the modern world. ... Benador Associates is a public relations firm and speakers bureau that promotes neoconservative writers and speakers focusing primarily on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. ... The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) is a non-profit, tax-exempt media watchdog group based in Boston chiefly monitoring media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict and focusing primarily on correcting coverage that it considers inaccurate or unfairly skewed against Israel. ... The Israel Campus Roundtable is an umbrella organization of pro-Israel groups in the New England area. ... SourceWatchs logo features a magnifying glass through which its name can be seen. ...

External links

  • The David Project Center for Jewish Leadership Official website

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