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By: Netanella Refael

Last week, two amazing schools raised money for Save A Child’s Heart. Leah Spungen, a Hasbara fellow from the University of Rochester, helped organize a dodgeball event at her school as a part of Israel Culture Week. The UR Israel Council hosted a dinner and dodgeball tournament on November 8, benefiting SACH, an Israeli based non-profit organization which performs life-saving heart surgery on children from countries where that would not be an option. SACH builds the infrastructure necessary to enable growth in cardiac surgery in these countries. AEPi, SDT, Hillel and the UR Dodgeball Club helped co-sponsor the event with the help of The David Project. Students donated the money that was raised to AEPi on their campus to help them reach their goal of helping a child at SACH.

Columbia/Barnard Hillel hosted another amazing SACH event this past week. On Novemeber 11, Columbia/Barnard Hillel, along with Yavneh at Columbia and Shalhevet at NYU, hosted a Save A Child’s Heart Casino Night! The Hillel Intergroup Community Fund, Hillel Israel Committee, Hillel Social Committee, Koach, Kesher, JelLO, and Garin Lavi also helped sponsor this wonderful event.

What a great week!!

On November 17, David Kadosh, ZOA representative, will be presenting the aftermath of the disengagement and the impact on Israelis and the people of Gaza at the Queens College Hillel. Some questions that will be answered are “What was the disengagement all about?”, “What is happening with Gaza right now?”, and “What are future possibilities in the region?”.

Also, Norman Finkelstein will be stopping by the University of Albany on November 17 to lecture the outside community, as well at SUNY Albany students.

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