South Florida high school students are serving as pro-Israel advocates for their campuses and communities after participating in StandWithUs’ Kenneth Leventhal High School Internship virtual conference this summer.
SWU is a pro-Israel organization, and the local Leventhal Interns are among 150 from the United States and Canada who were selected for the 2021-22 school year. The program was created in 2012, and the conference the students attended prepared them for the two-semester internship in which they self-identify the educational needs when it comes to Israel and receive the tools to identify antisemitism, address and combat it. It also prepared them for the organization’s International Conference: Israel in Focus in January.
Noa Barak, an 11th grade student at William T. Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens, said, “I joined because as an Israeli who has lived in Israel, I noticed Americans’ misconceptions about Israeli society.”
“I want to be part of the effort to educate people about Israel and combat the misinformation about it,” Barak continued.
Sara Gold Rafel, executive director for StandWithUs Southeast based in Boca Raton, said, “We are excited to be able to reach many more students in high school through our Interns.”
“In the past, Jewish teens joined the Internship because they wanted to learn more about Israel, but today, they are strongly driven to also combat the rise in antisemitism, especially as it manifests on social media,” she continued. “We are so proud of our student leaders who are the future; they are so motivated and are standing firmly with Israel and our people.”
South Florida high school students learn to advocate for Israel
Stand With Us 28.09.2021
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