Posts Tagged: Amcha Initiative
Anti-Zionist Faculty Fueling Campus Antisemitism, Report Finds
Faculty support for the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel is strongly correlated with the rise in antisemitic incidents at American colleges and...
Jewish Advocacy Group Criticizes California Governor Signing Bill Requiring Ethnic Studies in High School
A Jewish advocacy group on Friday strongly condemned California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of a law making the state the first to require an ethnic...
US Antisemitism Watchdog Opposes Ethnic Studies Course Requirement in California Assembly Hearing
A Jewish organization that concentrates on fighting antisemitism in schools and academia told a California Assembly hearing on making a controversial ethnic studies curriculum a...
Letter Protests New ‘Critical Ethnic Studies’ Requirement at California State University Said to Threaten Jewish Students
Dozens of education, civil rights and religious organizations on Tuesday voiced their protest against a new California State University (CSU) ethnic studies graduation requirement, warning...
California Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Instituted Ethnic Studies Curriculum Deemed Antisemitic
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have instituted an ethnic studies curriculum for public high schools that critics have slammed...
After Zoom and Facebook Refuse to Host Event, SFSU Seminar Featuring Notorious Palestinian Terrorist Briefly Airs on YouTube Before Being Taken Down Midstream
An online San Francisco State University seminar featuring an infamous Palestinian terrorist was briefly broadcast live on YouTube on Wednesday afternoon, after both Zoom and...
California Governor Urged to Veto Bill That Would Mandate ‘Anti-Zionist’ Ethnic Studies Courses at CSU Schools
California Governor Gavin Newsom has been called on by a broad coalition of education, civil rights and religious groups to veto a bill that would...
California Board of Education Urged to Reject Campaign to Impose Ethnic Studies Curriculum Viewed as Antisemitic
Eighty-eight Jewish and pro-Israel groups have expressed concern in a letter over a campaign to subvert the California Department of Education’s approval process and institute...
New Report Reveals Increased Campus Anti-Zionist Activism Linked to Rise in Harassment of Jewish Students
Jewish students seeking to avoid antisemitic harassment at college now have new research showing the factors which fuel on-campus bigotry. On Tuesday, the AMCHA Initiative --...
Is Ignorance About the Holocaust Connected to Soaring Antisemitism?
According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism in America has reached its highest level since 1979, when the ADL first started keeping count. Worldwide, too,...
Outrage Greets Pro-BDS Petition to University of California Blaming Israel for Teaching Methods That Killed George Floyd
Outrage erupted on Thursday as a ferociously anti-Israel petition to the University of California blaming Israel for police brutality and the murder of people of...
Outrage After Leading Academic Association Awards Professor Who Engaged in Hate Speech Against ‘Zionist’ Students
Outrage over the weekend greeted the decision by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) to give an award to a San Francisco State University...
BDS Faculty Using Classrooms to Promote ‘Politically-Motivated, Anti-Israel Perspective,’ Study Suggests
Academic instructors who back the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel are significantly more likely to assign course readings authored by fellow...
88 Groups Urge US Education Dept. to Prevent Misuse of Taxpayer Funds to Boycott Israel
Eighty-eight groups urged the US Department of Education on Wednesday to safeguard against the misuse of federal funds to promote boycotts of Israel in academia. In...
