Posts Tagged: Amcha Initiative
Over 60 Groups Urge Columbia, NYU, Syracuse, UC Irvine to Counter ‘Hostile Climate for Jewish, Zionist Students’
More than 60 groups have called on Columbia University, New York University, Syracuse University, and University of California Irvine on Tuesday to act against "a...
Campus Watchdog Urges California Lawmakers to Protect Expression of ‘Divergent Ideological, Political Views’
A watchdog that fights antisemitism on American college campuses has endorsed a free speech bill being considered by the California State Assembly. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, director of...
New Study Exposes How Faculty Support of Israel Boycotts Intensifies Antisemitism on Campuses
Effort by faculty members to promote academic boycotts of Israel in American universities pose a serious threat to the wellbeing of Jewish students, and raise...
Swastika Found at Georgetown University on Rosh Hashanah Eve, Third in Recent Weeks
The president of Georgetown University in Washington, DC has called on his community to reject antisemitism and other forms of hatred after a swastika was...
Dozens of Groups Praise UC-Irvine for Disciplining Notorious Anti-Israel Group SJP, Prioritizing Free Speech and Student Safety
Fifty-four organizations commended the chancellor of University of California-Irvine on Tuesday for placing his school’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on probation after...
Campus Watchdog Says It Got ‘Completely Inadequate’ Response From UC-Irvine on Anti-Israel Group’s Repeated Violations of Free Speech
The founder of a campus watchdog group said the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has offered a "completely inadequate" response to a letter sent to...
The Anatomy of a BDS Campus Campaign
Following dramatically different outcomes of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) votes at two California schools on last week, campus antisemitism and Israel advocacy experts spoke with The...
The Sad — But True — Facts About Campus Antisemitism
Those of us who care deeply about the safety and well-being of Jewish students on college campuses would like nothing more than for Mitchell Bard...
Columbia, Vassar Among US Universities With Highest Incidence of Antisemitic Activity, New Report Claims
New York's Columbia University experienced the highest overall antisemitic activity last year among more than 100 US schools studied, a report released Tuesday by a campus watchdog group revealed. According...
New Interactive Maps Detail Geography, Intensity of Campus Antisemitism
A new interactive map project created by a watchdog group highlights "three key ingredients of campus antisemitism," its initiator told The Algemeiner on Wednesday. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, founder of the AMCHA...
Watchdog Launches Pictoral Social Media Project to Expose Antisemitic Activity on Campus
A new social media project aims to visually expose anti-Jewish activity on campus, the head of the organization behind the initiative told The Algemeiner. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin,...
My Search for a Safe College for Jews
As I began my research into choosing a college, I was repeatedly told that colleges are tolerant and accepting environments for every individual, regardless of...
New Israeli Initiative to Equip Jewish High School Students With Tools to Counter Campus Anti-Zionism Lauded by Advocacy Groups
A new Israeli initiative to prepare high school students to deal with and confront anti-Zionist activity that they are liable to encounter when they get to college was...
Difficult Questions and Contested Answers on Antisemitism
JNS.org - In his magnum opus A Lethal Obsession, the late Robert Wistrich, one of Israel’s finest scholars of Jew-hatred, elegantly summarized the character of antisemitism at...
