Posts Tagged: campus anti-Zionism
Ryerson U Israel Activist: Student Leaders ‘Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is’ for Jewish Peers by Passing ‘Holocaust Education Week’ Initiative
Student leaders at Toronto’s Ryerson University “put their money where their mouth is for their Jewish peers" on Monday, a campus activist told The Algemeiner,...
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...
Anti-Israel University of Michigan Professor ‘Puzzled’ by ‘Fizzling’ BDS Activism on Campus
Students at the University of Michigan, Dearborn (UMD) have lost interest in anti-Israel activism, a faculty member and long-time BDS activist told local independent newspaper Arab...
California Congressman Urges Education Secretary to Adopt State Dept Definition of Antisemitism, in Face of ‘Undeniable’ Increase in Jew-Hatred on Campus
A California congressman appealed to the Department of Education this week to adopt the State Department's definition of antisemitism, in order to combat an “undeniable” increase in Jew-hatred on...
Claremont Colleges Students Paint Mural Promoting Love, Peace in Response to Art Display Implying Erasure of Israel
Students at California's Claremont Colleges responded to a campus mural calling for Israel to be replaced by a Palestinian state with a public art display...
British Government Endorses Parliamentary Report Slamming Student Umbrella Group for Failing Jews, Downplaying Antisemitism on Campus
The British government on Monday officially endorsed a recent report on antisemitism in the UK, slamming the country’s largest student union for "failing to take [the phenomenon across university...
British Government Regulator Called on to Investigate London University’s Student Union for ‘Falsely’ Testifying That Lecture Equating Zionism, Nazism Contained No Antisemitism
A British watchdog group is calling on a governmental body to re-open an investigation into a London University student organization for falsely testifying that a lecture which included blatantly inflammatory rhetoric...
Pro-BDS Candidate for Leadership of UK’s Jewish Student Umbrella Group Suffers Stinging Defeat in Presidential Election
An Israeli-born backer of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, who stood as a candidate in the election for president of the UK's...
Leading UK Jewish Groups Decry Labour Leader Corbyn’s Meeting With Notorious Anti-Israel Activist
An official with British Jewry's leading representative body sharply denounced last week's meeting in London between Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and the co-founder of an international anti-Israel...
Jewish Students at U of Manchester Left ‘Angry, Fearful’ in Wake of Successful BDS Campaign That ‘Sprang Out of Nowhere’
Jewish students at the University of Manchester in Britain have been left angry and fearful after a sudden campaign, which “sprang out of nowhere,” led to the swift passage of...
Academic Freedom Proponents Slam BDS Policy of ‘Anti-Normalization,’ Non-Engagement With Israel, Supporters
Two prominent pro-Israel academics slammed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s policy of "anti-normalization" and non-engagement with the Jewish state and its supporters in...
UK Labour Leader Corbyn Attends London Launch of Anti-Israel Book Authored by ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Founder
The leader of the UK's Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn -- long dogged by accusations of personal and party-wide antisemitism -- met Tuesday evening with the founder...
Despite BDS Efforts to Isolate Israeli Academia, Jewish State Remains ‘Preferred Collaboration Partner for US Researchers,’ New Study Reveals
Despite the efforts of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to isolate Israeli academia, prestigious American universities continue to consider the Jewish state "a preferred...
British-Jewish Campus Activist Co-Sponsors Motion to Sever Ties With UK’s Leading Student Union Over President’s Failure to Address, Acknowledge Antisemitism
British-Jewish students are "fed up with taking a soft approach” towards the controversial head of the country’s largest student union and are now taking steps to sever ties...
