SKA students lobby for Israel, against Iran nukes

Eight students from the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, along with students from other yeshiva high schools in the tri-state area, joined Yeshiva University’s YUPAC in lobbying trip to Washington. 

It started Sunday, Feb. l, when SKA sent these students to the lobbying training session at YU’s Midtown campus. Participants heard from professional lobbyists as well as YUPAC members. With the help of SKA alumna and current YUPAC board member Esti Hirt, the SKA girls prepared key talking points to share with Rep. Carolyn Maloney.

On Wednesday morning, the SKA representatives headed to YU to join with over 200 other students gathered to lobby on behalf of preventing Iran from becoming capable of developing a nuclear weapon and strengthening the American-Israel relationship. 

When first arriving in Washington, the students heared from Jonathan Kessler, AIPAC’s leadership development director and  one of AIPAC’s 11 professional lobbyists.

Following the visit to the AIPAC office, the students headed to Capitol Hill, where they participated in meetings with senators and members of the House. They discussed the importance of increasing sanctions on Iran and urged the senators and representatives to support the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015. To finish off the day, the high schoolers visited the Israeli Embassy while the college students went to the White House.

Thanks to Ms. Nimchinsky for advising the SKA delegation and to YUPAC for making it happen. Kudos to the girls who participated: Elianna Bluestone, Golda Daphna, Dalya Hirt, Michal Yacker, Shoshana Laufer, Adina Markowitz, Gila Lieberman and Zehava Gross.