Dion J. Pierre
ARTICLES BY: Dion J. Pierre
LA Teachers Union Set to Vote on Motion Endorsing Israel Boycott
Los Angeles' 35,000-strong teachers union is set to vote in the coming weeks on a controversial endorsement of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement...
One Year After Devastating Arson, Plans for New Jewish Center Unveiled at University of Delaware
A year after an act of arson caused some $200,000 in damage to a beloved University of Delaware Jewish institution, leaders of the campus Chabad...
French Jewish Students to Hold Paris Rally in ‘Solidarity’ With Afghan Refugees
French Jewish students are co-organizing a rally in Paris to show support for women, "defenders of human rights" and others threatened by the Taliban takeover...
Survey: Nearly All Jewish Students and Alumni Cite Campus Antisemitism as a ‘Problem,’ With Half Saying It’s ‘Getting Worse’
Virtually all Jewish university students and alumni now feel that antisemitism on college campuses is a problem, according to a survey released on Monday by...
Australian Jewish Students Demand Answers Over Antisemitic Social Media User Employed by Education Dept
The New South Wales Department of Education (NSW) said it would soon take "appropriate action" against a staffer who wrote antisemitic comments on a Facebook...
Canadian Jewish Org Demands Oversight of Antisemitism Course Taught by Controversial Academic
On Tuesday, B'nai Brith Canada wrote to the University of Victoria (UVic) calling for more details about a planned course on the history of antisemitism...
US Jewish Group Asks Jack Dorsey to Enforce Twitter Ban on Accounts Linked to Hezbollah, Hamas
A Tuesday letter from the head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to end the presence of accounts on the...
University of Toronto Student Union Reverses Decision, Again Endorses ‘One-Sided’ Letter Calling for End of Israel Trips
A Jewish student group at the University of Toronto said Wednesday it was "deeply disappointed" in the school's student union, following news that it had...
Spanish University Cancels Course Comparing Gaza to Auschwitz, Says Local Pro-Israel Group
A literature course comparing the Gaza Strip to the Auschwitz extermination camp has been cancelled by the University of Santiago of de Compostela in Galicia,...
Antisemitic Vandalism of Sofia, Bulgaria Synagogue Condemned as ‘Shameful Desecration’
World Jewish groups decried antisemitic and white supremacist symbols found daubed on the historic Central Synagogue in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, the largest synagogue...
Ontario Teachers Union Earns Praise for Task Force to ‘Combat’ Antisemitism
A leading Canadian Jewish group commended an Ontario teachers union for passing a resolution to address antisemitism in public schools. During its annual meeting on August...
Haifa Nursing School to Welcome First Emirati Woman to Study at Israeli University
The Israeli embassy in Dubai on Friday introduced the first Emirati woman to attend a university in Israel, days after the United Arab Emirates and...
British Jewish Theater Fans Protest Actors’ Group Wading Into Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Over 300 British theatergoers have written an open letter denouncing the UK's largest actors’ union for its advocacy during the May Israel-Hamas war, and its...
‘A Sign of Faith’ in Jewish German Life: University of Potsdam Opens City’s First Synagogue Since the Holocaust
The city of Potsdam opened its first synagogue since the Holocaust on Wednesday, nearly 83 years after the last Jewish house of worship was destroyed...
