Posts Tagged: campus anti-Zionism
Jewish Groups at Northwestern Say Recent Study Labeling School ‘Antisemitic Hotspot’ Doesn’t Reflect Students’ Experience
Jewish groups at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois expressed ill ease with a recent Brandeis study that labeled the school an antisemitic and anti-Israel "hotspot," the...
Anti-Israel Activists at McGill Boycott, Block Access to ‘Peace Wall’
Despite invitations to contribute to an installation promoting peace in the Middle East, BDS activists at Canada’s McGill University protested it on anti-Israel grounds, campus...
Following Defeat of BDS Motion at U of Toronto, Israel Advocates Say Anti-Jewish-State Activists ‘Significantly Miscalculated’ Opponents’ Mobilization Power
In the wake of a major defeat of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign at the University of Toronto this week, advocates of...
Head of Alumni Group That Pushed for Ouster of Antisemitic Oberlin Faculty Member Says Other Colleges Should ‘Follow Suit, Stamp Out Bigotry’
The recent dismissal of an Oberlin College assistant professor who blamed Jews and Israel for the 9/11 terror attacks should serve as a warning to...
Following BDS Defeat, Activists at U of Michigan Reject Outreach Efforts by Pro-Israel Peers, ‘Normalization’ With Jewish State
Students at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who supported a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution that was defeated by a landslide vote at the...
Cancellation of Journalist’s Lecture at U of Texas Spurs Zionist Students to Reject, Break Away From ‘Liberal Jewish Monopoly’ on Views About Israel
The cancellation of a Tuesday event featuring conservative Israeli-American journalist Caroline Glick has led pro-Israel students at the University of Texas at Austin to take...
Following Major Backlash, Kent State Says It Won’t Cave to Anti-Israel Groups Demanding Removal of Golda Meir Display
Kent State University said it won't cave to pressure from anti-Israel student activists to dismantle a display featuring a photo of and quotation by the...
Jewish Students at Texas U Cancel Lecture by Author Caroline Glick for Fear of ‘Alienating’ Anti-Zionists on Campus
A program slated for Monday, featuring a lecture by renowned American-Israeli writer Caroline Glick -- author, most recently, of The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for...
Kent State Weighs Removal of ‘Golda’ Display in Wake of Anti-Israel Student Outcry
Kent State University officials are contemplating the removal of a display featuring a photo and quotation by the late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, after...
Jewish Students at U of New Mexico, Already ‘Intimidated’ Into Keeping Low Profile, ‘Anxious’ Over Appearance of Nazi-Style Anti-Trump Graffiti, Sources Say
Jewish students at the University of New Mexico (UNM) are feeling "anxious" about the appearance on campus of Nazi-themed graffiti denouncing US President-elect Donald Trump,...
Following Meeting Aimed at Repairing Relations With ‘Antisemitic’ UK Student Leader, British-Jewish Union Says It’s Still Dissatisfied Over Lack of Apology
Following a recent meeting aimed at mending soured relations with the leader of the country's largest student union, the UK's Union of Jewish Students (UJS) announced that it...
Antisemitism Expert: ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Legitimizing ‘Obvious Bigotry’ Through Alliance With Anti-Israel Jews
A national anti-Israel student organization is spending "much of its energy trying to deny its obvious bigotry," the head of a Jewish rights-focused legal group told The...
McGill University Student Paper Defends Censoring Pro-Israel Content
An independent student newspaper at McGill University in Canada admitted in an editorial this week to censoring pro-Israel content, on the grounds that Zionism "functions as a settler-colonial ideology...
U of Michigan Students Justify ‘Zionism Is Scary’ Halloween Bake Sale Following Outcry Over ‘Gross Bigotry’
Students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn told The Algemeiner on Tuesday that they were justified in holding a blatantly anti-Israel event, "because Zionism constitutes antisemitism.” The school's chapter of Students...
