The key to living life to the fullest.
Finding solutions to life's challenges has rarely been a problem for you. Could this
be one ot those occasions? Introducing Acura's Road Test Advantage, the event
tlwit puts you squarely behind the controls of any one of our exciting Acura /TPV
<.ehicles. including the Acura MDX. Drive it and youll realise that the decision of
the moment is really quite obvious. Indeed, the key to living a fuller life could be yy        IQ yv
,it BuriartI Acuia during our spectacular Road Test Advantage event. On now. A\^Un/-\
ACURA
EVENT
(S) BURRARD ACURA
2222 Burrani St. Vancouver 604-736-8890 www.burrardacura.com
•Manufacturer's suggested selling price does not include $950.00 freight and delivery or applicable taxes.
m
cc m t— t/3
3:
CO
z
A Retirement Residence for
Mature Living
at its Finest
V^AT ARBUTUS MANOR     604 736-8936
AMIGA
2125 Eddington Drive
Call Suzanne Saner loclciy to hook your personal lour! www.amica.ca
Cover stop!
SFU from page 1
ilar controversies. Infold is an Israeli co-founder of the Birthright Israel program and one of the most senior leaders of Hillel internationally. He visited Vancouver from krael in March and offered an inspirational speech to Hillel members at the annual general meeting of the local branch of the organization.
Pavlich said she hopes the recent turn of events signifies a change away from the strident anti-Israel attitudes that have been prevalent on Canadian campuses over the past couple ofyears.
"We hope this will indicate the way things are to be, but we will see," she said. "Hopefully this is a sign of the times."
While she credited the work of a small dedicated group of SFU students, including Zacks, the overturning of the resolution also represents a larger counterof-fensive in an ongoing fight that has made headlines across Canada as anti-Israel activists have vocalized their views. The at-, mosphcre on campuses over the past three years has made many Jewish students feel uneasy, especially at places like Concordia University in Montreal and at SFU. Grassroots organizers have . set up pro-Israel lobby organizations on campuses at SFU and the University of British Columbia, separate from the existing Hillel Jewish student organizations. Ilie last academic year represented a turning point, as these Israel advocacy groups helped organize actively against the vocal opponents of Israel. The movement got a big shot in the arm recently, when UIA-Federations Canada annoimced funding for more on-campus organizers like Pavlich at universities across Canada.
Though the reversal of the
SFU resolution is being viewed as a great victory, it is not likely to be the end of the issue at SFU or elsewhere. Part of the victory for Israel advocates at SFU came from the fact that their mobilization was able to benefit from low voter ttmiout dming the annual elections, leading to the defeat of the inomibcnts. It was the same sort of at-large apathy that elected the anti-Israel board to begin with. However, the victory does seem to be symptomatic of a growing sense on the part of Jewish students on Canadian campuses that they will not remain inactive while anti-Israel -and frequently anti-Semitic - opponents continue to mobilize.
The original SFU resolution stated that "the Palestinian people have been dispossessed, occupied and oppressed for the last 50 years at the hands of U.S. and Israeli imperialism." It called for a total right of return for Palestinian refugees, a return to Israel's pre-1967 borders and an end to what it called "Israeli apartheid." -
The resolution made significant waves on and off campus when it was adopted last term, before annual elections for SFSS executive members. The April electionoverthrew the incumbent student government, electing a mjo'ority who did not support 5ie stridency with which the outgoing executive had expressed Middle East political views. Zacks was elected to one of the 13 positions on the SFSS board, and subsequently participated in a process by the SFSS's constitution and policy review committee, which proposed the alternative resolution. □
Pat Johnson is a native Vancouverite, a journalist and commentator.
Friends and Angels wins
The National Council of Jewish Women, Vancouver section, thanks all members of the community who responded so generously to its aimual Friends and Angels appeal. All monies raised benefit commimity service work in both the Jewish and general communities, with an emphasis on programs and projects for women and children.
The winners of the pledge campaign incentive draw were Annette Rothstein, who will receive two tidcets to the Vancouver Rcdtal Society's summer concert series and lunch for two catered by Out to Lunch Catering; Evelyn Miller, who will also receive two concert tickets; and Freda Aqua and Gail Whitley, who will receive CDs donated by the Magic Flute on West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano. Special thanks go to Leila Getz of the Vancouver Recital Society, Lome Bossert of Out to Lunch Catering and the Magic Flute for donating the incentive gifts. □
Kashrut alert
The Kashrut Council of Toronto has advised that the following products were inadvertently labelled without the COR 95 Dairy label: Haagen Daz raspberry yogurt bars and Haagcn Daz mango bars. These yogurt bars are kosher and dairy. The labels have been corrected. □