'''The David Project''' (TDP) was launched in its own words from its Web site is "a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and inspiring strong voices for Israel through dynamic educational seminars, workshops, and curricula. Our groundbreaking Israel education curricula are taught August 2002 in more than 130 Jewish high schools and middle schoolsBoston, impacting thousands of students across North America and Israel."Massachusetts <ref>The David Project [http://www.thedavidproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=categoryarticle&layoutid=blog306:fact-sheet&idcatid=53&Itemid=62 Our MissionFact Sheet], Web site, (accessed January 22, 2010)</ref> The David Project was launched as an effort to influence US university campuses on matters related to Israel; it is a [[hasbara]] operation. It runs workshops and seminars taught at Jewish high schools in August, 2002 in Boston, Massachusetts the US.<ref>The David Project [http://www.thedavidproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=articlecategory&idlayout=306:fact-sheetblog&catidid=53&Itemid=62 Fact SheetOur Mission], David Project Web pagesite, accessed January 22, 2010</ref> as a Israeli [[hasbara]] operation to influence US university campuses.
==What others say==
==Affiliations==
*[[Israel on Campus Coalition]] (ICC), which is a partnership of these organizations:
:*[[Hillel]] :*[[Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation]] <ref>[http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3795.shtml]</ref>*[[Coalition for Responsible Peace in the Middle East]] (C4RPME) – TPD is the founding member of C4RPME which focuses on churches and religious groups.
==Funding==
In 2004, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation -- with assets of $100 million -- gave a $1,050,000 grant to [[Hillel]] to support the [[Israel on Campus Coalition]] (ICC) project <ref>Bob Feldman [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3795.shtml The Israel on Campus Coalition and the David Project: Sponsored by US oil and Israeli bank profits? ], ''The Electronic Intifada'' Israel Lobby Watch, April 25 2005</ref> Now, the only project of the ICC is the David Project.
== Principals and featured speakers ==
<td>[[Marilyn Goldman]]
<br /> Assistant Exec. Director Operations</td>
<td>[[Lori Gans]]<br /> National Director of Institutional Advancement</td></tr><tr><td>[[Todd Young]]<br />Director of Education</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3" bgcolor="goldenrod">Former principal</th>
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<td>[[David Dabscheck]]
<br /> former Director of Strategic Initiatives</td><td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>[[Stephanie Hoffman]]
<br /> Curriculum/Program Manager</td>
<td>[[Meredith KaretnyDara Stern]]<br/> Exec. Administrative Assistant</td>
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<td>[[Rob Silva]]<br> IT Manager</td>
<td>[[Carly SipersteinDanielle Sanit]]<br />Admin. Asst</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3" bgcolor="goldenrod">former Staff: Boston Office</th></tr><tr><td>[[Meredith Karetny]]<br> Development Assistantformer Exec. Asst</td><td>[[Carly Siperstein]]<br>Dev. Asst <td>[[Abby Sloane]]<br> Campus Coord.</td>
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<td>[[Ari Applbaum]]<br> Interim Director of Israel Operations Manager</td>
<td>[[Zeev Ben-Shahar]]<br> Middle East Analyst</td>
<td>[[Ze'ev Orenstein]]<br> Middle East Analyst</td>
*[[Tal Ben Shahar ]] – Director of Training
*[[Ralph Avi Goldwasser]] – Project head
*[[Ariel Beery]] – ("served as a spokesman for the Israeli military, is the head of the on-campus Zionist group, and is also an agent and informer for Daniel Pipes' notorious [[Campus-Watch]]" <ref>Junaid Alam, [http://www.counterpunch.org/junaid03022005.html])[httpThe Witchhunts Continue://www.davidproject.org/aboutus.htm SourceColumbia University and the New Anti-Semitism], CounterPunch, 2 March 2005</ref>
===Featured Speakers===
*<table border="1" bgcolor="beige" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="80%" align="center" style="font-size:10pt"> <tr><th colspan="3" bgcolor="goldenrod">Featured Speakers 2011</th></tr> <tr><td>[[Ilan Berman]]</td><td>[[Israel Bonan]]</td><td>[[Shoshana Bryen]]</td></tr> <tr><td>[[Ehud Eiran]]</td><td>[[Chuck Freilich]]</td><td>[[Frank Gaffney]]</td></tr> <tr><td>[[Joseph Wahed]]</td><td>[[Alexander Yakobson]]</td><td>[[Gina Waldman]]</td></tr> <tr><td>[[Justus Reid Weiner]]</td><td>[[Aryeh Green]]<td><td> </td></tr> <tr><th colspan="3" bgcolor="goldenrod">Featured Speakers 2005</th></tr> <tr><td>[[Rachel Fish]]</td>*<td>[[Tal Ben Shahar]]</td>*<td>[[Joseph Abdel Wahed]]</td></tr>*<tr><td>[[Loolwa Khazzoom]]</td>*<td>[[Walid Phares]]</td>*<td>[[Malaka Bublil]]</td></tr>*<tr><td>[[Dennis Hale]]</td>*<td>[[Batia Shems]]</td>*<td>[[Richard Land]]</td></tr>*<tr><td>[[Francis Bok]] – Escaped Sudanese Slave</Labor Rights Activist/Authortd>*<td>[[Carole Basri]]</td>*<td>[[Charles Jacobs]]</td></tr>*<tr><td>[[Eliad Moreh]]</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr>Source<tr><th colspan="3" bgcolor="goldenrod" align="left" style="font-size: <ref10pt">[http://www.davidprojectthedavidproject.org/speakersindex.htmphp?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=17&Itemid=35 David Project: Speakers Bureau] (Accessed: 27 April 2011); 2005 list has scrolled on their website</tr></reftable>
==References, Resources and Contact==
==Contact==
:The David Project<br>:P.O. Box 52390<br>:Boston, MA 02205<br>Phone: 617Website: [http://www.428thedavidproject.0012<br>Fax: 617org/ www.428thedavidproject.0013<br>org]
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