Posts Tagged: American Studies Association
Pro-Israel Scholars Counter Move by Major US Academic Association to Boycott Israel
Pro-Israel professors are once again gearing up to prevent the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign from hijacking an upcoming academic association conference. The Academic Engagement...
SPME BDS Monitor: Anti-Israel Activity Increases on Campus
The BDS movement advanced nationally in November, with anti-Israel legislation introduced in the US Congress. The results of such resolutions on campus, however, were mixed -- suggesting...
Report: BDS Activists Secretly ‘Took Over’ American Studies Association Before It Endorsed Israel Boycott
Anti-Israel activists implemented a "covert campaign" to gain leadership positions at the American Studies Association (ASA), which they subsequently manipulated into endorsing an academic boycott of...
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...
Israel Advocacy Lawyer Calls Suit Against American Studies Association for ‘Discriminatory’ Boycott of Jewish State ‘Test Case’ for US Judicial System (INTERVIEW)
A new lawsuit challenging the American Studies Association’s (ASA) “discriminatory” academic boycott of Israel is a “test case” for the US judicial system, the attorney...
Jewish Rights Advocate: ‘BDS Making a Laughing Stock out of the American Studies Association’
“The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has really made a laughing stock out of the American Studies Association (ASA),” the head of a Jewish...
Professors Sue American Studies Association for Boycott of Israel
JNS.org - Several members of the American Studies Association (ASA) announced Wednesday that they are suing their own academic association for its boycott of Israel, arguing...
Who Is Actually Boycotting Israel? The Answer Might Surprise You
No one is actually boycotting Israel. Not the Europeans. Not the American Studies professors. Not Saudi Arabia. Not even Roger Waters. There is not a...
Congressman Seeks to Include Anti-BDS Measures in Trade Bill
Representative Peter Roskam (R-IL) has called for a measure to be included in the Obama administration's sweeping trade agreement that would discourage U.S. trade partners...
The ASA Says ‘No Israelis Need Apply’
Our nation has regressed to one of its darkest chapters in history, courtesy of our most educated and "enlightened." In a reincarnation of the old...
The ASA’s Stunning Hypocrisy on Israel Boycott
The American Studies Association (ASA) adoption of a BDS resolution in December 2013 garnered a significant backlash from over 250 American university presidents and academic...
U.S. Academic Group Denies Discrimination After Israel Boycott Resolution
Times of Israel - An American academic group under fire for reportedly barring Israelis from its conference says its boycott of Israel is not discriminatory...
Jewish-American Student Leader Rebukes ‘Israel Apartheid Week 2014’ for Using His Image in Promotional Video (VIDEO)
A Jewish-American student leader on Monday called for 'Israel Apartheid Week 2014' to retract a promotional video that he said "fraudulently edits" his appearance on...
Legislating Against BDS
The backlash continues against the anti-Israel boycott resolution that the American Studies Association adopted last month. Over 200 university presidents have distanced themselves from it....
