Hillel President Eric Fingerhut will address J Street students about combating the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel on campuses.

Fingerhut, who pulled out of addressing a J Street conference in March, reportedly under donor pressure, will address the summer leadership institute of J Street’s campus affiliate, J Street U, on Aug. 17, a Hillel statement said.

The statement issued Aug. 6 said Fingerhut would “discuss issues of mutual concern and importance to both organizations and the pro-Israel community on campus.”

Sarah Turbow, J Street U’s director, said that Fingerhut will discuss a range of issues. “Iran, Jewish unity on campus,” she said, naming two. “There will be many things to discuss and BDS will certainly be one of them.”

J Street and Hillel officials met in June, after Fingerhut pulled out of the March conference, to discuss means of working together.

J Street U opposes the boycott movement, but its openness to engage with entities and individuals that some centrist and right-wing Jewish groups consider hostile to Israel and Jews has created tensions among pro-Israel groups.

Fingerhut’s engagement with J Street got a nod of approval from the Jewish establishment through Jerry Silverman, the president of the Jewish Federations of North America.

“Hillel’s mission is focused on enriching the lives of all Jewish students and Eric is living that mission,” Silverman said in an email. “I strongly support his leadership and hope he will continue to engage Jewish students, reaching out to them through the broad range of college campus organizations that meet Hillel’s standards.” – jta

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