Posts Tagged: colleges anti-Israel
Universities Compromise Values for Arab Money
Universities have largely escaped government scrutiny -- at least until recently -- for their fundraising in Arab countries. It may seem paradoxical that institutions widely...
Why Can’t Universities Define Antisemitism?
Aren’t academics supposed to be able to define a word? How is it then that university professors and administrators are incapable of defining “antisemitism?” They...
How Low Can Universities Go?
Michelle Obama famously said, “When they go low, we go high.” When it comes to Israel on campus, universities seem to believe “if they go...
The Campus in Historical Context
I have written many articles on the campus climate, and some have raised hackles because my articles have relied on empirical data and observation to...
Jewish College Students Stand Up to Antisemitism on Campus
We are living amidst a global awakening of reevaluating systemic racism, and the ways in which minorities are persecuted and mistreated. During this wave of change,...
An Academic Attempt to Frame Israel as a Devious Colonial Enterprise
JNS.org - “Educator” Nimrod Evron and groups including King’s College London Action Palestine hosted a virtual discussion on Ethiopian Jews in Israel on July 5...
More Antisemitic Activity at UMass Amherst Is Not a Surprise
This Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Israel and the rest of the world commemorated the six million Jews murdered in the Shoah, anti-Israel activists thought it...
Despite Coronavirus, Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Are Present on Campus
A recent webinar hosted by Bard University Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Ohio State University SJP featured George Mason and Rutgers professor Noura...
Miseducation on Israel
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on higher education, but the damage will likely be short-term. A far greater danger is the moral and intellectual bankruptcy...
Coronavirus Temporarily Slows Campus BDS Efforts
The coronavirus pandemic that began in China has now engulfed the entire world. Among the casualties was higher education in North America. Campuses have shut...
Stop Using Federal Money to Finance Anti-Zionism at US Colleges
Benjamin Franklin once said that “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” He was right -- but what “interest” is the Federal government gaining...
Students for Justice in Palestine Doesn’t Care About Justice for Palestinians
As a student at the University of Maryland (UMD), I didn’t get the chance to do everything that I had hoped to do before graduating....
Fighting BDS at the UN, ICC, and on Campus
The leading BDS event of February was the long awaited publication by the United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of a...
There Is No Effort to ‘Ban Criticism of Israel’
A Guardian article ("New York: college volleyball players kneel during Israeli national anthem," Feb. 29) by Victoria Bekiempis began straightforwardly enough: Two Brooklyn College volleyball players...
