Dion J. Pierre
ARTICLES BY: Dion J. Pierre
CUNY Faculty Union Weighs Resolution Accusing Israel of ‘Massacres’ of Palestinians, Demanding Boycott
The City University of New York (CUNY) faculty union will vote on Thursday on a resolution to endorse the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement...
‘Block the Boat’ Protests Continue Against Israeli Container Ship at Port of Vancouver
Protestors supporting the movement to boycott Israel continued a days-long campaign to prevent an Israeli-owned container ship from docking, in a so-called "Block the Boat"...
University of Chicago Vote Fails to Retract Student Government Call for ‘Free Palestine From the River to the Sea’
A resolution by the College Council of the University of Chicago to retract a previous statement by the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) calling for a...
Canadian Jewish Group: Activists Behind Pro-Palestinian Letter Falsely Claimed Endorsements From Medical Student Groups
Canadian medical students were encouraged to sign a statement of solidarity with Palestinians using the "falsified endorsements" of leading medical student organizations, a leading Jewish...
‘Block the Boat’ Protests of Israeli Container Ships Spread to Port of New York
A group backed by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel protested the unloading of a container ship owned by Israel's ZIM shipping...
University of Michigan Jewish Group Decries ‘Hateful’ Anti-Israel Graffiti on Storied Campus Rock
University of Michigan Hillel condemned on Sunday two recent incidents of "vulgar, hateful" anti-Israel vandalism that it said were attempts to "target" the campus Jewish...
Schenectady, New York School Official Admits ‘Hurt’ Caused by Committee Email Accusing Israel of Ethnic Cleansing
The interim superintendent of Schenectady City Schools near Albany, New York expressed regret for an email by a Schenectady High School committee on the Middle...
Swastikas, ‘Nazi’ Daubed in Chalk on Apartment Door of Jewish Florida State University Students
Antisemitic images and slurs were daubed on the off-campus apartment door of two Jewish students at Florida State University, amid a nationwide rise in cases...
Minnesota Law Professor Resigns From Jewish Studies Center, Charging ‘Silence in the Face of Rising Antisemitism’
A law professor at the University of Minnesota has resigned from the university’s Center for Jewish Studies (CJS), charging the institution with a failure to...
University of Chicago Student Government to Vote on Retraction, Apology After Statement Calling for ‘Free Palestine From the River to the Sea’
Student government representatives at the University of Chicago are weighing a resolution to retract a recent statement from the body calling for "a Palestine that...
Harvard Police Investigating Vandalism of Jewish Center After Window Smashed, Palestinian Flag Zip-Tied to Door
Rabbi Jonah C. Steinberg of Harvard Hillel confirmed on Tuesday that Harvard University Police Department were investigating two acts of vandalism targeting the Jewish group's...
‘Jewish Students Must Not Be Held to Account’ for Mideast Violence, Says British Group, as Wave of Antisemitism Rocks Universities
Jewish students at universities in United Kingdom are being "targeted" in a wave of antisemitism, according to a leading Jewish student group, as the 11-day...
Dozens of Princeton Faculty Sign Letter on Mideast Conflict That Condemns Israel’s ‘Jewish Supremacy,’ Does Not Mention Hamas
At least fifty Princeton University faculty and staff signed a statement condemning "the ongoing attacks on the Palestinian people in Gaza by the Israeli armed...
University of Michigan Jewish Group Blasts ‘Inflammatory’ Student Government Accusations of Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Amid Conflict
The Central Student Government (CSG) of the University of Michigan accused Israel of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing on Monday, in a statement that...
