Formation | 2012 |
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Founders | Ilan Sinelnikov (President of the Organization) Valeria Chazin (Chairwoman, Board of Directors) |
Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit |
Focus | Pro Israel Campus Activity |
Headquarters | Minneapolis, MN |
Leaders | Valeria Chazin, Ilan Sinelnikov & Naor Bitton |
Website | http://www.ssimovement.org/ |
Students Supporting Israel (also known as SSI) is a Zionist international student activist movement that supports Israel as a Jewish and democratic nation-state. As of April 2015, SSI has more than 45 chapters across campuses in the United States, Canada and Austria. [1] SSI was founded in 2012 in Minnesota and its national offices are in Minneapolis. The founders of the organizations are Ilan Sinelnikov, Valeria Chazin and Naor Bitton.
In 2015, SSI won the Outstanding Outreach and Pro Israel Activism Award by Israel’s Consulate to the Midwest. [4] In 2014 it won the CAMERA David Bar Illan award, as well as the Zionist Organization of America Annual Award. [5] As a student group, it has demonstrated influence in student government bodies on several occasions including the Israeli Academic Cooperation position statement at the University of Minnesota, which paved the way for a similar Israeli Support Resolution at the University of Georgia followed shortly by Texas A&M University, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Formation | 2012 |
---|---|
Founders | Ilan Sinelnikov (President of the Organization) Valeria Chazin (Chairwoman, Board of Directors) |
Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit |
Focus | Pro Israel Campus Activity |
Headquarters | Minneapolis, MN |
Leaders | Valeria Chazin, Ilan Sinelnikov & Naor Bitton |
Website | http://www.ssimovement.org/ |
Students Supporting Israel (also known as SSI) is a Zionist international student activist movement that supports Israel as a Jewish and democratic nation-state. As of April 2015, SSI has more than 45 chapters across campuses in the United States, Canada and Austria. [1] SSI was founded in 2012 in Minnesota and its national offices are in Minneapolis. The founders of the organizations are Ilan Sinelnikov, Valeria Chazin and Naor Bitton.
In 2015, SSI won the Outstanding Outreach and Pro Israel Activism Award by Israel’s Consulate to the Midwest. [4] In 2014 it won the CAMERA David Bar Illan award, as well as the Zionist Organization of America Annual Award. [5] As a student group, it has demonstrated influence in student government bodies on several occasions including the Israeli Academic Cooperation position statement at the University of Minnesota, which paved the way for a similar Israeli Support Resolution at the University of Georgia followed shortly by Texas A&M University, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]