On Nov. 5, 2007, we co-sponsored a talk by Benjamin Krasna, Deputy Israeli Consul General, on “Israel’s Outreach to the Developing World,” with a disappointing turnout.

On Nov. 12, 2007, we co-sponsored Dexter Van Zile, Deacon in the United Church of Christ, and member of CAMERA on “How Mainline Churches View Israel,” with a turnout of about 250.

In December 2007 we were represented in a forum sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo; outreach to the university was agreed upon as an important new direction for the Fed, with additional meetings planned for 2008.

In February 2008 we worked with other groups to protest and respond to incendiary anti-Zionist or anti-Semitic speech given as part of an “Understanding Islam” series at a Presbyterian Church in Buffalo.

On March 18, 2008, we sponsored Matthias Kuentzel’s lecture Jihadist Terrorism and Anti-Semitism: The Mission Against Modernity. Attendance was about 100.

In May 2008 we led requests to the University at Buffalo administration to respond to an anti-Semitic poster in an academic building at the University at Buffalo. The administration responded rapidly and assigned a detective to investigate.

In general, our greatest difficulty is getting the word out to students and faculty and having volunteers willing to take the energy to organize events.

Respectfully submitted,

Ernest Sternberg

Chair, Buffalo Chapter, SPME