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gvsu.edu Strength. As a Laker, you're in with the smallest big university in the country. We're large enough to have the impact of a major university, and small enough to respond nimbly to you. That's the Laker Effect. And we can't wait for you to become part of it. GET FIT FOR SPRING/SUMMER (248) 514-1626 jjcyclist55@gmail.com Summer is right around the corner Are you out of shape or overweight? Just want to be HEALTHIER? TREAT YOURSELF AND TRAIN WITH AN EXPERT 2152460 CLOSE OUT SALE! MUST MOVE ALL INVENTORY Tradition! Tradition! Celebrating 26 Years!! "MJDJB3/FMTPOt www.traditiontradition.com CALL NOW ALL THINGS JUDAICA 78 April 6 • 2017 jn Ashager, an Ethiopian Jewish IDF soldier, Peace by Piece co-founders Allison Egrin and Victor Hasbany, and Sebastian Parra, StandWithUs Midwest Campus Coordinator Our last event, "Sweets for Syria," was a bake sale in collaboration with the Muslim Student Association and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines. The proceeds were split and donated to Ziv Hospital in Israel and Israel's Amaliah Field Hospital — both are treating Syrian refugees. In two days of tabling, we raised more than $200. This was another opportunity to showcase a positive aspect of Israel to our campus. Students who stopped had a positive experience about Israel, even if they were only there for a minute or two. We reached more than 100 students and got to engage in dialogue about what Israel is doing for Syrian refugees and even got to educate many about the conflict. Collaborating with student groups from different backgrounds shows the potential for peace on campus. Not only did we show Jewish and Muslims students working together, we also got our fellow students to raise money and awareness for a crisis occurring across the world. "Sweets for Syria" was a great end to a long and successful year, while also leaving me excited for my future at this school as well as how I will leave it. @ Allison Egrin is a sophomore and the 2016-2017 StandWithUs Emerson fel- low at Grand Valley State University. For more about Peace by Piece, visit PeaceByPieceGVSU on Facebook. continued from page 77 for college students by college students continued from page 77 legislation at her college. At this moment, I realized the time for reticence and reserve is behind us. This is not a battle to fight in the far future; rather, this battle is going on today, tomorrow and every day fol- lowing. I admit my apprehension of college life as a pro-Israel advo- cate. Like other Zionists my age, I recognize the commitment we have to make and the sacrifices that accompany this choice. Yet, after attending this inspirational confer- ence, I now understand we are not alone. There are resources and assis- tance to help pro-Israel students at most campuses nationwide. We are stronger together and when we unite to form one coherent mission, we will be unstoppable. With the rash of recent anti- Semitic events in cities and cam- puses worldwide, it is especially important to stand together and to call out and condemn all acts of anti-Semitism. We can start by exposing the true agenda of campaigns such as BDS, which are "disguised" as "human rights" groups, but their agenda is anti-Isra- el and nothing more than the classic anti-Semitism we have experienced for centuries. The sooner we recog- nize BDS for what it is, the better we can confront it and the sooner we can form a true, lasting peace in the Middle East. I look forward to continuing this mission of educating about Israel at my future campus. @ Josh Kornblum in the 2016-17 StandWithUs High School Intern and a senior at Farber Hebrew Day School in Southfield .