Posts Tagged: Boston University
Bowdoin College Rejects Divestment From Israel Days After Lifting Suspensions on Anti-Zionist Protesters
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine has rejected the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, as its Board of Trustees voted to accept the...
Boston University Has Stood Up to Antisemitism, But It Must Do More
Boston University (BU)’s Board of Trustees showed moral courage on February 11, when it rejected two petitions calling for BU to divest from the State of...
Boston University Rejects Proposal to Divest From Israel
Boston University has rejected the group Students for Justice in Palestine's (SJP) call for its endowment to be divested of holdings in companies which sell...
Only One University Adopts Leading Antisemitism Definition 2023, New Report Says
Only one American higher education institution adopted the world's leading definition of antisemitism in 2023, down from 2022, according to a new report by Combat...
Jew Haters & Terrorist Apologists: A Campus Perspective
Like many Jews, I always took pride in identifying as a “liberal.” Over the last few years -- and especially the last three months --...
More Antisemitism Comes to Boston University
There is a disturbing trend on college and university campuses: anytime an event celebrating Jewish or Israeli identity is organized, anti-Zionist students groups like Students...
Students for Justice in Palestine Seeks to Erase Jewish History
On November 16, 2022, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Boston University (BU) posted a carousel on Instagram condemning the “Jerusalem: City of Change”...
An Open Letter to Boston University’s President Regarding Antisemitic Professor Sarah Ihmoud
Dear President Brown, I was surprised by the letter you are sending out in reference to the Sarah Ihmoud case. Given my experience with you during...
Boston University Considering Hiring Professor Who Accuses Israel of ‘Rape,’ ‘Systematic Massacres’
JNS.org - Boston University has been considering hiring an anti-Israel postdoctoral associate as a professor, reported Americans for Peace and Tolerance. While the school has yet...
New Holocaust, Genocide Curriculum at Boston U’s Elie Wiesel Center ‘Perfect Fit’ for Renowned Survivor’s Legacy, Says Jewish Studies Prof
A new secondary academic discipline offered at Boston University (BU) -- aimed at educating about mass murder in the 20th century -- has generated much excitement among students,...
Elie Wiesel Condemns Hamas for Using Children as Human Shields, Calls on Gazans to Reject Hamas’s Child Sacrifice
Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel on Friday published a full-page ad in U.S. newspapers condemning Hamas for using children as human shields. Provocatively, Wiesel's paid...
Boteach: Elie Wiesel’s NYT Iran Ad ‘Not About Israel or the Jewish People, but About Human Rights’ (INTERVIEW)
Elie Wiesel's full-page ads in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are "not about Israel or the Jewish people, but about human...
