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Campus condom crusade.


Israel is home to the city of Sodom, but few people are likely to think of gay sex when they see the country's flag. Two students at the University of California, San Diego UCSD is consistently ranked among the top ten public universities for undergraduate education in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[3] It is a Public Ivy. [1] For graduate studies, most of UCSD's Ph.D. , are trying to change that. To do so, they're distributing condoms around campus that are in packages decorated with the Israeli flag and the slogan ISRAEL: IT'S STILL SAFE TO COME.

"We wanted to let people know about the support for women and gay people in Israel," said Eddie Cohen cohen
 or kohen

(Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male.
, who along with Neta Ritter rit·ter  
n. pl. ritter
A knight.



[German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r
 also passes out a small card with the condoms explaining that Israel is the only pro-gay country in the Middle East.

The campaign has not been without controversy, however. Rabbi Lisa Goldstein, executive director of Hillel of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , a campus Jewish group that supports the giveaway, said her organization has lost some financial support as a result of the campaign.
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Title Annotation:Activism; University of California students promote support for Israel
Author:Letellier, Patrick
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Nov 11, 2003
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