Lea Speyer
ARTICLES BY: Lea Speyer
Irish University’s Decision to Host Conference Calling for Elimination of Jewish State Provides Cloak of Academic Legitimacy for Antisemitism, Say Israel Advocates
An Irish university's decision to host a conference calling for the elimination of the Jewish state provides activists the opportunity to hide their antisemitism behind a cloak of academic legitimacy,...
Ryerson U Israel Activist: Student Leaders ‘Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is’ for Jewish Peers by Passing ‘Holocaust Education Week’ Initiative
Student leaders at Toronto’s Ryerson University “put their money where their mouth is for their Jewish peers" on Monday, a campus activist told The Algemeiner,...
Legal Group Threatens Action Against Modern Language Association Over BDS Motion That Counters Academic Organization’s Tax-Exempt Status
A Jewish civil rights organization threatened a prominent academic body with legal action on the grounds that an anti-Israel motion it is considering runs counter to the...
First-Ever Deaf Director of Hillel Aims to Enable Hard-of-Hearing Students to Embrace Their Jewish Identity
The first ever Deaf director of the branch for the Deaf of the campus Jewish organization Hillel said he is aiming to solve the "huge problem"...
Anti-Israel University of Michigan Professor ‘Puzzled’ by ‘Fizzling’ BDS Activism on Campus
Students at the University of Michigan, Dearborn (UMD) have lost interest in anti-Israel activism, a faculty member and long-time BDS activist told local independent newspaper Arab...
California Congressman Urges Education Secretary to Adopt State Dept Definition of Antisemitism, in Face of ‘Undeniable’ Increase in Jew-Hatred on Campus
A California congressman appealed to the Department of Education this week to adopt the State Department's definition of antisemitism, in order to combat an “undeniable” increase in Jew-hatred on...
Jews at Columbia U ‘Profoundly Disturbed’ by Discovery of Neo-Nazi Recruitment Forms Disguised as Classic Thomas Hardy Novel
Jews at Columbia University in New York City were rattled Wednesday by the discovery at the library of application forms for an alt-right neo-fascist organization in a box...
Claremont Colleges Students Paint Mural Promoting Love, Peace in Response to Art Display Implying Erasure of Israel
Students at California's Claremont Colleges responded to a campus mural calling for Israel to be replaced by a Palestinian state with a public art display...
British Government Endorses Parliamentary Report Slamming Student Umbrella Group for Failing Jews, Downplaying Antisemitism on Campus
The British government on Monday officially endorsed a recent report on antisemitism in the UK, slamming the country’s largest student union for "failing to take [the phenomenon across university...
British Government Regulator Called on to Investigate London University’s Student Union for ‘Falsely’ Testifying That Lecture Equating Zionism, Nazism Contained No Antisemitism
A British watchdog group is calling on a governmental body to re-open an investigation into a London University student organization for falsely testifying that a lecture which included blatantly inflammatory rhetoric...
Pro-BDS Candidate for Leadership of UK’s Jewish Student Umbrella Group Suffers Stinging Defeat in Presidential Election
An Israeli-born backer of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, who stood as a candidate in the election for president of the UK's...
Newly Released Footage Provides Evidence of Anti-Israel Indoctrination at New York State Elementary School Event
Footage showing young children at a New York state elementary school being indoctrinated to hate Israel at an event last year has recently been released following a...
Israeli Education Ministry Rejects High School Students’ Appeal to Reschedule National Biology Test Over Justin Bieber Concert
The Israeli Education Ministry has declined to comply with the demand of “very angry” high school students to reschedule a matriculation exam slated for the day after...
Leading UK Jewish Groups Decry Labour Leader Corbyn’s Meeting With Notorious Anti-Israel Activist
An official with British Jewry's leading representative body sharply denounced last week's meeting in London between Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and the co-founder of an international anti-Israel...
