DRS says NO to BDS

On Monday, DRS hosted Anti-BDS Day to raise awareness about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which seeks to delegitimize and economically isolate the State of Israel.

Coordinated by the yeshiva’s Israel Advocacy Club, Anti-BDS Day educated the student body about the need to both support Israel financially as well as to prepare to defend the Jewish homeland on college campuses.

To kick off the program, students watched a video presentation on BDS by Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. After the presentation, Israel Advocacy co-coordinators senior Michael Fagin and sophomore Dubi Fischman addressed the student body, highlighting the importance of understanding BDS and how to combat it.

The Israel Advocacy Club prepared and distributed pamphlets detailing many of the inaccuracies and falsehoods perpetuated by the deleterious movement. Throughout the day, club members sold Israeli food products, encouraging economic support of Israel. More than $850 was raised and all of the proceeds will be donated to the non-profit organization StandWithUs to further combat the BDS movement.