Dion J. Pierre
ARTICLES BY: Dion J. Pierre
ADL, Hillel ‘Join Forces’ to Fight Campus Antisemitism With Tracking Tools, Curriculum
As more university students prepare to return to in-person learning this fall, an initiative announced Monday will bring the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) together with the...
Jewish Groups Slam ‘Outrageous’ Activist Statement ‘Delegitimizing’ Rutgers Hillel
On Thursday, Rutgers University Hillel denounced a statement from Rutgers' Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter and other activist groups that described the administration's...
UK Jewish Students Charge Bristol University With ‘Silence’ Over Professor Accused of Antisemitism
The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) criticized the University of Bristol administration on Wednesday over a lack of details on an investigation into sociology professor...
NY State Senator Declares Support for Dozens of Jewish Faculty Resigning From CUNY Union
On Monday, New York State Senator Anna Kaplan (D-North Hills) issued a statement of support for the group of at least 50 Jewish professors who...
UC Davis Faculty Group Argues Departments Condemning Israel Violates School, State Policy
A group of faculty at University of California-Davis (UC Davis) have criticized the administration's response to statements issued by several academic departments during the Gaza...
EU-Funded Researchers Seek to Cut European Grants to Israeli Academics
160 academics representing twenty-one countries signed an open letter demanding that the European Commission "use its leverage" to ban Israeli universities from receiving funds from...
University of Cape Town, UC Berkeley Hailed for ‘Ignoring’ BDS Campaign to Cancel Israeli Academics at Conference
A student group working with the Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment–South African Coalition (SABDS) failed to cancel presentations by two Israeli professors at an academic conference co-hosted...
UCLA Faculty Group Decries ‘Hateful and Offensive’ Asian American Studies Dept. Statement Slamming Israel
Nine UCLA faculty members issued a letter on Monday denouncing a statement by the Asian American Studies department that condemned Israeli "settler colonialism" and accused...
Connecticut Jewish Community Steps Up Security With Hire Amid Rising Fears of Attacks
As Jewish communities nationwide respond to a rise in antisemitic harassment and violence, the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford has for the first time hired...
New Penn Law Student Group Pushes Boycott of University Israel Trips
A new pro-Palestinian student group at University of Pennsylvania's Carey Law School has launched an effort to discourage students from visiting Israel in an annual...
Leaving Union in Protest, Jewish CUNY Faculty Describe ‘Painful,’ ‘Personal’ Aftermath of Statement Condemning Israel
Weeks after the City University of New York faculty union passed a controversial resolution affirming its “solidarity with Palestine,” Jewish faculty on campus have continued...
Scottish Friends of Palestine Seeks ‘Bias-Free’ Schools Curriculum in Parliament Petition
Years after a contentious debate over how children in Scotland are taught about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a nonprofit is petitioning the country's legislators to require...
Bay Area Labor Union to Weigh Endorsing BDS, Blocking of Israeli Ships at Port
Weeks after a group of Bay Area longshoremen helped prevent an Israeli ship from unloading in Oakland, a 100,000-strong San Francisco Labor Council plans to...
Oregon Professor Sues University for Firing After He Aired Concerns of Sexual Harassment, Antisemitism Among Senior Staff
A Jewish professor who was fired in April from Oregon's Linfield University has brought a $4 million lawsuit against the college, claiming that he was...
