Professor Frank Fisher will be a guest at First Friday to discuss the recent attacks on the New Israel Fund and Israeli Human Rights groups.  Friday, Feb.12 12:30 p.m., Fisher will describe the current efforts to dilegitimize NIF and other groups.  JALSA office, 18 Tremont Street, Suite 320, Boston.

President of the Boston City Council

CLSA had a useful discussion with Boston Council President Michael Ross

Key points of discussion will be added here later this week.

JALSA Friday,  January 8, presentation and discussion with Michael Ross, President of the Boston City Council
JALSA First Friday Brown Bag Series

Mike Ross represents District 8 on the Boston City Council since his election in 1999. A diverse collection of neighborhoods, the district includes Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway, and Mission Hill.  District 8 is home to some of Boston’s greatest institutions and landmarks: Fenway Park, the Longwood Medical Area, the Museum of Fine Arts and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a number of our city’s finest academic institutions, and world-renowned public spaces like the Boston Common, and Frederick Law Olmstead’s historic Emerald Necklace.

Mike is a first-generation American. His father, Stephan Ross, survived 10 concentration camps during the Holocaust, and was rescued by American soldiers at Dachau. Mike holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Clark University in Worcester, an MBA from Boston University, and a Law Degree from Suffolk University. Mike currently lives in Mission Hill. Previously he was a Beacon Hill resident, where he was actively involved in the community as a board member of the Democratic Ward 5 Committee.

One of Mike Ross’s earliest actions on the Boston City Council was to get an ordinance passed requiring that all uniforms purchased by the City had to be from factories paying “a living wage.”  On September 30, Michael presided over the Council when it passed a resolution declaring no City Council members would stay at or attend functions at the Hyatt Hotels until the 100 workers who had been unjustly fired were reinstated. We look forward to our meeting with the Council President.
RSVP on-line or call 617-227-3000.