Why Jewish Students Should Not Support BDS
A talk by Hugh Taylor, publisher of Your Professors Are Lying to You About Israel and Why Jewish Students Should Reject Anti-Israel Protests
As Jewish students face unprecedented hate and harassment on American college campuses, they often also feel social pressure to endorse BDS, SJP, and other forces that are intent on destroying the state of Israel.
Unfortunately, many Jewish students buy into anti-Israel rhetoric. They say things like, “As a Jew, I support BDS.” Why? It may come from an understandable but mistaken sense that Jewish values compel them to condemn Israel for its alleged “colonization” of the “indigenous Palestinian People.”
This talk offers a path to clarity on this potentially contentious issue.
In this hour-long talk, Hugh Taylor, a Harvard graduate, will reveal the extraordinarily dishonest narrative that fuels the anti-Israel movement—highlighting outrageous academic and intellectual fraud that any thinking Jew should reject out of hand, regardless of Jewish affiliation:
In this talk, Taylor will discuss:
- Why the core argument that Jews have “colonized” the land of the indigenous “Palestinian People” is 100% false and an exact inversion of the reality that Israel is the ancient Jewish homeland and that “Palestinian” is a fictitious nationality—a nationality that even “Palestinian” leaders admit is fake.
- How the so-called “Palestinians,” the descendants of 9th-century Arabic colonizers, invented a country called “Palestine” in the 1960s that even their own leaders admit is a complete work of fiction.
- How the anti-Israel movement seeks to re-establish Muslim supremacy in Israel and rebuild the Ottoman Empire’s system of apartheid that turned Jews into second-class citizens in their ancient homeland.
- How to debunk the libelous accusation that Israel is committing genocide, and much more…
This talk does not advocate for any political party in Israel or the United States. The topic might be of interest to Jewish parents of high school and college students.
Video of Hugh speaking at the Dallas JCC in July, 2025
To book Hugh to deliver this presentation, please contact akravim1@gmail.com
To order copies of the pamphlet, Why Jewish Students Should Reject Anti-Israel Protests, visit Amazon.com
About the Speaker
Hugh Taylor is an author and essayist who lives in Bet Shemesh, Israel. An observant Jew who graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Business School, Hugh has long been a keen observer of anti-Jewish events on college campuses. He writes a blog about the American side of the Arab-Israel conflict for The Times of Israel.
To book Hugh to speak, please contact akravim1@gmail.com