Dion J. Pierre
ARTICLES BY: Dion J. Pierre
San Diego Community College District Cancels Ceremony Over Planned Alice Walker Appearance
The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) has cancelled an investiture ceremony that was set to feature Alice Walker as keynote speaker, after a backlash...
Police Investigating After Truck Bearing Antisemitic Messages Driven Through West Hollywood
Authorities in Los Angeles are investigating after members of a white supremacist group drove through West Hollywood and Beverly Hills on Saturday in a truck...
Antisemitism Investigation at UK Student Union Advances as Questions Swirl About Latest Election
The lawyer who will lead an investigation into accusations of antisemitism made against the UK's National Union of Students (NUS) has been chosen, The Times...
Indiana University Opens New Jewish Cultural Center After String of Antisemitic Incidents
Following an academic year that saw a surge of antisemitic incidents on campus, the University of Indiana-Bloomington has opened a new Jewish center to foster...
CUNY Law Faculty Endorse Israel Boycott Resolution
The faculty of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law have endorsed a student government resolution that backs the boycott, divestment and...
Ohio High School Lacrosse Match Marred by Swastika Display, Antisemitic Slur
A Cleveland, Ohio-area high school lacrosse player joined a match on Monday with a swastika drawn on his calf, while a parent supporting his team...
Louisiana State University Student Divestment Bill Takes Aim at Israeli Academic Partners
The student government of Louisiana State University (LSU) unanimously passed a divestment bill during its final session of the year that singled out several of...
BDS Vote at University of Melbourne Prompts Class Action Student Lawsuit
A University of Melbourne student has filed a class action lawsuit against the school's student union for endorsing the boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) campaign and...
UK Government Cuts Ties With National Union of Students Over Antisemitism Accusations
A top British Jewish student group on Monday said it would engage with the UK's National Union of Students (NUS) to help investigate antisemitism in...
UC Santa Barbara ‘Apartheid Wall’ Cartoons Draw Ire of Pro-Israel Students
Pro-Israel students at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have denounced an "Apartheid Wall" campus installation for featuring "anti-Zionist and antisemitic" material, including work by...
Jewish Students Censure ‘Misguided’ BDS Vote at University of California Riverside
A recent University of California, Riverside (UCR) student government resolution pressing for a financial and academic boycott of Israel has left Jewish students on campus...
Queen’s Speech Announces UK Legislation Taking Aim at Israel Boycotts
New legislation that would prohibit local UK governments from boycotting Israel was announced on Tuesday in the Queen's Speech, an annual address highlighting the government's...
Knife-Wielding West Bank Attacker Saw Violent Incitement in High School, Says Education Watchdog
A 17-year-old Palestinian assailant who was shot dead after attempting to invade a West Bank home while armed with a knife attended a school that...
Dozens of Crimson Alumni, Harvard Faculty Join Outcry at Paper’s Support of BDS
Fallout from the Harvard Crimson's embrace of the movement to boycott Israel continued on Monday, with dozens of Harvard University faculty members and former leaders...
