Lea Speyer
ARTICLES BY: Lea Speyer
Brandeis Sophomore Successful in Modifying Student Motion to Exclude Anti-Israel Black Lives Matter Platform
A Brandeis University sophomore from Israel told The Algemeiner how he brought about modifications to a Student Senate motion against racism that contained an anti-Jewish state platform. Class of 2020...
University of Waterloo Students Vote to Defund Anti-Israel ‘Public Interest’ Group
Students at Canada's University of Waterloo voted on Thursday to defund an anti-Israel group responsible for promoting last year’s failed motion that called for the school to...
New Batch of ‘Terror-Sympathizing’ Professors Added to Campus Watchdog’s Dossier of Radical College Faculty
A covert campus watchdog group has added six new profiles to its online dossier of academics who sympathize with terrorists, a member of the organization told The Algemeiner. The Canary Mission...
43 UK Campus Leaders Slam President of Country’s Largest Student Union for Repeatedly Dismissing Concerns of Systemic Antisemitism
In an open letter on Wednesday, campus leaders across the UK slammed the head of the country’s largest student union for her repeated dismissal of concerns regarding systemic...
Report: Tenured Holocaust Denying Professor Asked by Canadian University to Resign, Following Outcry by Jewish Group
After years of complaints about his antisemitic rhetoric, a tenured professor at Canada’s University of Lethbridge is reportedly being asked to resign. Professor Anthony Hall -- who supports...
Legal Expert: Controversy Surrounding Israeli Radical Miko Peled Serves as Jew-Hatred Litmus Test for Anti-Israel Groups
A legal expert and founder of a conservative blog told The Algemeiner that the recent controversy surrounding offensive rhetoric used by radical Israeli activist Miko Peled...
Controversial President of UK’s Largest Student Union Fails to Apologize for ‘Zionist Outpost’ Comment Widely Condemned as Antisemitic
During a BBC radio interview on Tuesday, the controversial head of the UK’s largest student union failed to apologize for comments widely condemned as antisemitic, British media...
Radical Group at San Diego State U Cancels Talk by Israeli Activist Who Called Jews ‘Sleazy,’ But Says Antisemitic Rhetoric ‘Not Reflective of His Principles, Character’
An anti-Israel group at San Diego State University (SDSU) has cancelled a lecture by a prominent Israeli anti-Zionist activist -- whose recent antisemitic comments prompted...
Prestigious Chilean University Student Federation Passes BDS Motion to Sever Ties With Israel’s Hebrew U, Technion
The Federation of Students at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) announced on Friday that it had passed a motion in support of the...
Anti-Israel Group at San Diego State U to Host Radical Activist Who Called Jews ‘Sleazy Thieves’
An anti-Israel group at San Diego State University (SDSU) will host a lecture on Thursday by an infamous Israeli activist whose use of antisemitic rhetoric on social media...
Posters Demonizing Jews Crop Up on UC Berkeley Campus, as Controversial Anti-Zionism Course Reinstated
Antisemitic posters have been appearing around the University of California, Berkeley campus ever since a course exploring how Israel might be destroyed was first suspended and then...
UK’s Exeter U Launches Investigation Into Students Wearing Holocaust-Glorifying T-Shirts
The UK’s Exeter University has launched an investigation into an incident involving Holocaust-glorifying t-shirts, a spokesman from the school told The Algemeiner. Responding to a query about...
Alan Dershowitz Calls on Alumni, Donors to Divest From Universities That Boycott Israel
Attempts by universities to divest from Israel “should be met with a similar counter response from alumni and donors,” internationally acclaimed attorney Alan Dershowitz told The...
Jewish Professors Sue Boston’s Wheelock College for Antisemitic Discrimination After Administration ‘Ignored Complaints, Rebuffed Mediation Efforts’
Two Jewish faculty members at Wheelock College in Boston said they were left with no recourse but to file a lawsuit against the school and its...
