Posts Tagged: Brooklyn College BDS
Jewish Students Have the Right to Feel Safe on Campus
JNS.org - It all started when I took out some anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) information sheets at a Brooklyn College-sponsored event last year that...
Brooklyn College Apologizes for Ejection of Jewish Students at Anti-Israel Event
JNS.org - The Louis D. Brandeis Center (LDB) for Human Rights Under Law said it "welcomes" an apology by Brooklyn College President Karen Gould...
There They Go Again
Last year, Brooklyn College's political science department voted to officially affiliate itself with a talk by two advocates of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel....
Brooklyn College Criticizes Itself Over Anti-Israel Event
This past February, in the final act of Brooklyn College's BDS fiasco, four Jewish students were kicked out of the talk. (Brooklyn's Political Science Department...
Investigation: Jewish Students Were Unjustly Evicted from Brooklyn College BDS Event
After a two month investigation into the circumstances surrounding the expulsion of four Jewish students from a BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) event aimed at...
Simon Wiesenthal Center Report: BDS “a Thinly-Veiled, Anti-Israel and Anti-Semitic ‘Poison Pill'”
A new report issued by the Simon Wiesanthal Center has labelled the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement against Israel "a thinly-veiled, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic...
How Brooklyn College Legitimized BDS
The controversy over a "panel discussion" at Brooklyn College has little to do with free speech, and everything to do with politicization of...
Free Speech a Principle, Not an Instrument
One of the biggest challenges facing modern democracies is how to deal with anti-democratic movements that use the institutions of civil society to advance their...
EXCLUSIVE: Audio Reveals Brooklyn College Misled Public on Eviction of Jewish Students From BDS Event (AUDIO)
An audio recording obtained exclusively by The Algemeiner appears to indicate that Brooklyn College representatives misled the public in their account of events that took...
BDS and the Jewish Studies Trap
The recent boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) event at Brooklyn College featuring professional...
Mayor Bloomberg Says BDS Apostles Should Speak at Brooklyn College
Times of Israel - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday spoke up for academic freedom amid controversy over an event at a public college,...
Does Brooklyn College Pass the “Shoe on the Other Foot” Test?
The decision by the Brooklyn College political science department to endorse the BDS movement—which includes the boycotting of Jewish-Israeli academics—has been "justified" on freedom of...
NYC Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson Blasts Brooklyn College for Anti Israel BDS Event
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson ripped Brooklyn College Thursday for its plan to hold a BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) event against...
Dershowitz Challenges Brooklyn College to Invite Him to Speak at BDS Event
The controversy surrounding the political science department at Brooklyn College, which is co-sponsoring a BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) against Israel event on campus along...
