Posts Tagged: Amcha Initiative
Harvard University President Says Pro-Hamas Supporters Should Not Be Punished, Disavows Terror
Harvard University president Claudine Gay said on Thursday that the members of 31 student groups who signed a statement blaming Israel for Hamas's terror attack...
George Washington University President Censures Pro-Hamas Support on Campus
George Washington University (GWU) President Ellen Granberg on Wednesday censured in strong terms any support on campus for the war crimes Hamas terrorists committed during their...
‘Sickening’: University of Florida President Ben Sasse Slams Higher Education’s Response to Hamas Atrocities
University of Florida President Ben Sasse on Wednesday sharply condemned Hamas' terror campaign against Israel, calling out fellow leaders in higher education across the US...
‘Jewish Ethnonationalist’: National Anti-Zionist Campus Group Issues Call for ‘Day of Resistance’
The National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization has called for a "Day of Resistance" on college campuses across the US, distributing propaganda aimed...
US Colleges in Kansas, New York Hit With Antisemitic Graffiti Incidents
Two antisemitic incidents involving graffiti recently occurred at US college campuses, continuing an upswing in disturbing hateful acts that have plagued institutions of higher education...
University of California Urged to Reject Ethnic Studies Admissions Requirement Over Antisemitism Concerns
Nearly 100 religious, civil rights, and educational organizations are calling on the University of California (UC) to reject a proposal that would require applicants to...
‘Dismayed’: US Lawmaker Calls on Ivy League Schools to Clamp Down on Campus Antisemitism
US House Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is calling on the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University — two of America's most prestigious institutions of higher...
Vast Majority of Jewish Students Consider Antisemitism a Threat to US, New Survey Finds
Amid a global surge in antisemitic hate crimes, a striking 84 percent of Jewish students in the US fear that antisemitism poses a threat to...
Anti-Israel Activist Heckles Harvard Dean During Welcome Ceremony
An anti-Israel activist interrupted a convocation ceremony held by Harvard University earlier this week to welcome the new student class of 2027 to campus. Asmer Safi,...
NYU Praised by Academic, Civil Rights Groups for Declining to Host Anti-Zionist Conference
US Jewish groups on Wednesday cheered New York University (NYU) for confirming that it will not host a conference that a California-based anti-Zionist organization planned...
California Professor Leading Push for Mandatory Ethnic Studies Classes a Staunch Anti-Zionist, Activists Warn
Over 70 religious, civil rights, and educational organizations led by the AMCHA Initiative, an antisemitism watchdog group, have sent a letter to the California Legislative...
‘Shaken’: City University of New York Faculty Condemn Hiring of Anti-Israel Professor Marc Lamont Hill
The City University of New York's (CUNY) hiring of prominent academic and anti-Israel commentator Marc Lamont Hill as "presidential professor" of urban education in the...
‘Irreversible Impact’: Over 100 Organizations Urge Universities to Reject Academic Association BDS Resolution
Over 100 Jewish and non-Jewish organizations on Tuesday issued a fervent letter urging university leaders to reject a boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) resolution being proposed...
‘Profoundly Destructive’: Jewish Organizations from Across Ideological Spectrum Call on Academic Association to Reject BDS Resolution
Over 80 major Jewish organizations spanning the American political spectrum have signed a blistering letter imploring members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to reject...
