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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 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==
*[[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 The Witchhunts Continue: Columbia University and the New Anti-Semitism], CounterPunch, 2 March 2005</ref>
===Featured Speakers===
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<td>[[Justus Reid Weiner]]</td>
<td> [[Aryeh Green]]</td>
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