Alexander Joffe
ARTICLES BY: Alexander Joffe
BDS Comes to the Campus, the Streets, and Politics
In November, BDS in academia was marked by efforts to cancel speakers perceived as pro-Israel, such as Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely's talk at the London...
Amid BDS Push, ‘Ethnic Studies’ Curricula Spread Anti-Israel Hate
In October, BDS saw key developments related to “ethnic studies” curricula and "critical race theory" (CRT). California governor Gavin Newsom signed the controversial bill requiring...
BDS Comes to Campus Amid Afghanistan Withdrawal and 9/11 Anniversary
The fall academic semester began with the American evacuation of Afghanistan and the takeover by the Taliban. No condemnations of the Taliban, including for murder...
BDS Looms as Students Return to Campus
BDS activities in August were initially shaped by the fallout over the Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott decision. Several US governors, state attorney generals, and...
BDS Rages as the Summer Sizzles On
As the fall semester approaches, signs point to an even more heightened campus environment of harassment and intimidation aimed against Israel and its supporters. Control...
Anti-Israel Activism Expands on Campus and Elsewhere
BDS activities in June were marked by continued condemnations of Israel from a variety of faculty and student groups, unions, and others. Overall more than...
BDS Seizes on Israel-Hamas Fighting to Demonize the Jewish State
The academic year has ended, but the events in Jerusalem and then Gaza have prompted a dramatic upswing of BDS activities in both higher education...
BDS and the Movement to Oppose the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Align
The most important BDS development in April was the alignment of left-wing Jewish faculty, students, and groups with opponents of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance...
Cornel West, Campus Politics, and BDS
One of the most notable BDS related developments in March was the claim by Harvard Divinity School professor Cornel West that he was "denied tenure"...
IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Becomes a BDS Battleground
BDS activities on campus intensified rapidly as colleges and universities began resuming in-person instruction. Demonstrating the opportunistic nature of BDS, was a petition at the...
Biden’s Foreign Policy: A Preliminary Assessment
JNS.org - It is customary to give new US administrations a grace period before assessing their policies, but no administration in modern history has changed...
The Fights Against BDS and for IHRA Converge
January was marked by unprecedented political unrest in the US, following the presidential election and rioting in Washington. The incoming Biden administration has not yet...
The Fight Against BDS Enters 2021
The year 2020 saw the BDS movement pushed back to academia and progressive politics. The normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco,...
BDS Faces Setbacks Amid New Political Landscape
The November election produced a mixed result for the BDS movement. The pro-BDS faction in the House of Representatives was enlarged, but large gains for...
