The Destroy Hillel Movement Hits Harvard

Imagine a group on Harvard’s campus called Ukrainians for Russia. Now imagine a Jewish equivalent: Jews for Palestine. While the former doesn’t exist, the latter does. Yes, the brainwashing campaign funded by Iran has not just worked on the newly forming brains of non-Jews, but it has struck impressionable and ignorant Jewish college students on campuses like Harvard. The group was responsible for a loud and angry mob outside of the Harvard Hillel on Monday protesting Israeli speaker, Ronen Manelis. It was the first protest at the Jewish center in years.

What happened?

Manelis, former IDF spokesperson and storied Israeli intelligence guru was invited to speak at Harvard Hillel during a five day US trip. When he arrived at Hillel on Monday night, he was greeted with protestors calling him “baby killer” and a host of other false statements. Harvard grad student and activist Shabbos Kestenbaum first broke the story, sharing the video of the protests on his X feed.

For those of us following Harvard’s horrendous handling of antisemitism since October 7th, it seemed like yet another chapter in this dark era of their history. But unfortunately, it is not just Harvard. This is part of a concerted effort to destroy Hillel, the largest organization for Jewish students in the world. What’s behind it is a campaign by Iran-funded Students for Justice in Palestine, the same organization behind the encampments and the education-disrupting campus protests that have become ubiquitous over the last year.

I had a chance to sit down with Ronen yesterday. Here is our conversation:

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