David Brog: What’s the Best Way to Fight BDS?
David Brog, Executive Director of the Maccabee Task Force, shares some innovative ideas about reconnecting the new generation with Israel. This episode is sponsored by Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Please visit them at wurz.yu.ed. #ad
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