Andrew Pessin
ARTICLES BY: Andrew Pessin
‘Artists 4 Israel’ Paint to Promote Peace, Dialogue at York University
A pro-Israel student group at Canada’s York University invited like-minded artists to campus last month to promote peace and dialogue through art, The Algemeiner has learned. Hasbara at...
Student at Center of Edinburgh U ‘Armgate’ Controversy Says She Was Targeted Over ‘Passionate’ Anti-BDS Speech
A student who was nearly ejected from a debate over an Israel boycott motion at Edinburgh University last week claimed in the Huffington Post on...
Edinburgh U Group Condemns Student Government’s BDS Vote
A student group that promotes cross-party discussion about Israel at Edinburgh University has strongly condemned last week’s student government passage of a Boycott, Divestment and...
Pro-Israel Berkeley Students Stage Counter-Demonstration to Blame Incitement for Palestinian Malaise
At an anti-Israel demonstration at the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday, a group called "Tikvah: Students For Israel" staged a counter-protest by stressing the responsibility...
Italian Students Launch Boycott Campaign Against Leading Israeli University on Grounds It ‘Collaborates With Military Apparatus’
Denouncing what they claim are their universities’ efforts to silence them, a group of Italian students has launched a campaign to sever all academic ties...
Irwin Cotler: Laundering Antisemitism Corrupts Our Common Humanity
A world-renowned Canadian parliamentarian, jurist and human rights activist emphasized last night that global hostility to Israel is the “new antisemitism,” The Algemeiner has learned. The...
Watchdog Report: 40% Increase in ‘Extremist’ Speakers on London Campuses
According to a report released Friday by a British watchdog group, there has been more than a 40 percent increase in the number of speakers at London...
Facebook Says Passover Blood Libel Posted by Egyptian Media Outlet Doesn’t Violate ‘Community Standards’
Facebook does not consider contemporary blood libels against Jews to be in violation of its “Community Standards,” pro-Israel blogger Elder of Ziyon reported on Friday. According to the report,...
Amid Heated Controversy, Breaking the Silence Speaks at Columbia/Barnard Hillel
Amid an ongoing controversy over whether NGO Breaking the Silence (BtS) should be hosted by the world's largest Jewish campus organization, a BtS representative addressed the Columbia/Barnard Hillel Thursday...
Students for Justice in Palestine, UC Berkeley Administrators Clash With Pro-Israel Group on Campus
A group of pro-Israel students stood opposite a mock “apartheid wall” and checkpoint dominating the center thoroughfare of the University of California, Berkeley campus Tuesday...
U of Chicago Students Mobilize Against Suddenly Launched BDS Campaign on Campus
Pro-Israel students at the University of Chicago (UC) are mobilizing to respond to the sudden launch of a campus divestment campaign against Israel, The Algemeiner has...
Holocaust Scholar Says He Was Wrong to Assume Serious Jew-Hatred Wouldn’t Resurface After Nazi Defeat (INTERVIEW)
"Antisemitism has become a serious threat once again," an eminent Holocaust scholar told The Algemeiner on Tuesday, saying he had thought that after the demise of...
Quiet Campus Watchdog Group Releases Report on ‘Antisemitic, Anti-Israel Activity’ at U of South Florida
A group that quietly documents antisemitic and anti-Israel activity on campuses released a new report on Monday, The Algemeiner has learned. Canary Mission released its findings on the...
Coalition of Pro-Israel Groups Urges Hillel Not to Continue Hosting ‘Breaking the Silence’
A group of 13 pro-Israel organizations has written to Hillel, International -- the world's largest Jewish campus organization -- urging it not to host the left-wing Israeli...
