Shame on OPIRG!

The Univerity of Ottawa Public Interest Research Group decided it couldn't help a Hillel event because they are 'zionists'.....

A Jewish student group at the University of Ottawa says it was snubbed because of its “relationship to apartheid Israel” when it approached a student-funded social justice group to promote an event.

Hillel, which is part of an international network of Jewish student associations, asked the University of Ottawa Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) for help to publicize a Nov. 20 speech given by the head of a Ugandan group working on sustainable development projects in the African Jewish community.

Hillel organizers didn’t get a response to their request before the event, but later received an e-mail from the board of directors at the research group, saying it had researched Hillel and decided that though the event “seems very interesting,” the board of directors had decided not to endorse or promote it.

“This decision was made because your organization (Hillel) and its relationship to apartheid Israel,” said the e-mail. “Zionist Ideology does not fit within OPIRG’s mandate of human right’s (sic), social justice.”

I went to one of the talks by Mr. Sariri - he was amazing! There are now 1,000 black jews in Uganda building new schools, setting up new businesses, and using education as their tool for advancement.