Battling Campus BDS

With graduation season in high gear, many people have the opportunity to reflect on their own college experiences and how alumni are stakeholders in their institutions. Mark Banschick, of the Young Israel of Stamford, is a proud graduate of Vassar College. Banschick was unhappy when he discovered that, in 2014, Vassar was hosting an Israel Apartheid Week, depicting Israel as a racist country. Banschick, who attended medical school in Israel, is very attached to the country. He, along with fellow graduates Laurie Josephs and Susan Julien-Levitt are the co-founders of Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF), a partner of StandWithUs, that mobilizes alumni to improve campus life.
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