The David Project

The David Project
Formation2002
FounderCharles Jacobs and Avi Goldwasser[1]
Dissolved2017
PurposePro-Israel campus activism
HeadquartersWashington, DC
Executive Director
Phillip Brodsky
Key people
Charles Jacobs
Parent organization
Hillel International
Websitewww.davidproject.org

The David Project (TDP) was an American pro-Israel campus group.[2] The purpose of TDP was to build diverse pro-Israel support on campuses.[3] TDP began life in 2002 as an agency of Hillel International, an international Jewish campus organization. In 2017, it merged with Hillel International's Israel Engagement and Education department.[4] In 2019 it evolved into the Hillel U Center for Community Outreach.

TDP was founded in 2002 by Charles Jacobs, who previously co-founded CAMERA. He served as its president until August 2008. David Bernstein,[5] previously Program Director of American Jewish Committee (AJC), began leading TDP in July 2010 and in September 2014, Phillip Brodsky took over.

TDP was an associate member of the Israel on Campus Coalition.[6]

  1. ^ "Columbia to investigate charges of anti-Jewish intimidation by Arab professors". Campus Watch. 29 October 2004. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. ^ David Landy; Ronit Lentin; Conor McCarthy (15 May 2020). Enforcing Silence: Academic Freedom, Palestine and the Criticism of Israel. Zed Books. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-1-78699-653-4.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference HaveUHeard.com2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Kampeas, Ron (August 24, 2017). "Once 'combative' David Project joins Hillel International for Israel advocacy". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "The David Project Website". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  6. ^ "Academic Freedom and the Teaching of Palestine-Israel: The Columbia University Case, Part II". Institute for Palestine Studies. March 14, 2005. Retrieved September 23, 2020.