Lea Speyer
ARTICLES BY: Lea Speyer
Campus Watchdogs Laud Fordham University’s Decision to Ban Notoriously Anti-Israel Student Group
Watchdogs lauded the recent decision by a New York academic institution to prevent a notoriously anti-Israel group from organizing on its campus. AMCHA Initiative co-founder Tammi Rossman-Benjamin and others...
‘Despicable’ Antisemitic Cyber Attack at Tennessee Campus Outrages Jewish Student Community
The Jewish community at Vanderbilt University in Nashville expressed "outrage" over a cyber attack on campus which caused some of the school's printers to churn out antisemitic fliers, the...
Canadian University to File Human Rights Complaint Against Tenured Professor Suspended for Blaming Jews, Israel for 9/11 Attacks
Canada’s University of Lethbridge is planning to file a human rights complaint against a tenured professor who used his classroom as a platform from which to...
Head of Umbrella Group: European Jewish Students Automatically Branded Pro-Israel, Harassed by BDS Activists
By virtue of being Jewish, students across Europe are automatically branded as pro-Israel and harassed by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists, the head of a...
Groundbreaking Anti-BDS Conference at EU Parliament Seeks to ‘Unclog Gears’ of Movement’s Influence in Europe, Organizer Says
The organizer of an anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) conference being held next week at the European Parliament in Brussels told The Algemeiner that the groundbreaking...
In Secret Recording, Participants at ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Conference Heard Attacking America as ‘World’s Greatest Imperial Power’
In a never-before-released recording obtained by The Algemeiner of part of a closed-door anti-Zionist student conference at Virginia's George Mason University in November, participants are heard accusing...
Expert: ‘Paralyzed’ Education Department Unable to Protect Jews on Campus Due to System’s Lack of Antisemitism Definition
A legal expert last week called the US Department of Education (DoED) “paralyzed” when it comes to protecting Jewish students, due to the absence of a system-wide...
Hundreds Gather Outside French UN Mission to Protest Paris ‘Persecution Summit’
Hundreds gathered outside the French Mission to the United Nations in New York City on Thursday to protest the Middle East peace summit being held in...
Irish University Announces It Has Not Yet Decided to Host Controversial Conference Exploring Elimination of Israel as Jewish State
The Irish university reportedly set to host a conference exploring the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state announced it has not yet decided whether to open its...
American Historical Association Rejects Anti-Israel Resolutions for Third Time in Two Years
The oldest and largest society of US historians rejected two anti-Israel petitions last week, the blog History News Network reported. At its 131st annual gathering, held in Denver on Jan. 5-8,...
Jewish Academic Uses Nazi Imagery to Attack Peers Successful at Defeating BDS Motion at Modern Language Association Conference
A Jewish academic used Nazi imagery to attack fellow scholars who were successful in preventing a BDS motion from passing at a conference over the weekend,...
New Program Aimed at Combating Ignorance, Hostility Towards Jews, Israel Launched on Four New York Campuses
The head of a new program aimed at combating ignorance about -- and hostility towards -- Jews and Israel on the part of students from different ethnic and...
‘No Jews Allowed’ Accompanies Swastika-Like Symbols Found in Stanford Campus Area
Swastika-like symbols were discovered at five separate locations on the Stanford University campus, San Francisco news website The Mercury News reported. According to the report, graffiti...
Jewish Student Activists in UK Say Umbrella Organization Must Stop ‘Wrongly Dismissing,’ Apologizing for Antisemitism on Campus
Jewish students in the UK are calling on the country's leading Jewish student group to stop “wrongly dismissing” antisemitism on college campuses and fulfill its “commitment...
