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'''The David Project''' (TDP) was launched in August 2002 in Boston, Massachusetts <ref>The David Project [http://www.thedavidproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=306:fact-sheet&catid=53&Itemid=62 Fact Sheet], (accessed January 22, 2010)</ref> as a Israeli [[hasbara]] operation 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 the US.<ref>The David Project [http://www.thedavidproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=53&Itemid=62 Our Mission], Web site, accessed January 22, 2010</ref>
==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) &ndash; 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>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</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 ]] &ndash; Director of Training
*[[Ralph Avi Goldwasser]] &ndash; Project head
*[[Ariel Beery]] &ndash; ("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>&nbsp;</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]] &ndash; Escaped Sudanese Slave</Labor Rights Activist/Authortd>*<td>[[Carole Basri]]</td>*<td>[[Charles Jacobs]]</td></tr>*<tr><td>[[Eliad Moreh]]</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>Source<tr><th colspan="3" bgcolor="goldenrod" align="left" style="font-size: <ref10pt">[http://www.davidprojectthedavidproject.org/speakersindex.htm DavidProjectphp?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=17&Itemid=35 David Project: Speakers Bureau] (Accessed: Speakers27 April 2011); 2005 list has scrolled on their website</tr></reftable>
==References, Resources and Contact==
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