Posts Tagged: colleges Israel
The Truth Does Not Matter at UMass Amherst
If you’re a lazy and dishonest high school student looking for a college where you can cheat on research papers without consequence, UMass Amherst is the...
Congress Works to Curb Anti-American and Anti-Israel Bias on US Campuses
At the end of 2017, a monumental piece of legislation to curb anti-American and anti-Israel biases on college campuses was passed by the House Committee...
Jewish Students Around the World Report Shared Challenges on BDS, Antisemitism and Apathy
JNS.org - They may live thousands of miles apart, but student activists from around the world identify various shared challenges living as Jews in their respective...
The Middle East Studies Association Is Fundamentally Anti-Zionist
The room at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC, was overflowing for a special session billed as “Thinking Palestine Intersectionally.” The audience filled the seats,...
Who Is Educating US Students About Israel?
JNS.org - Congress will soon re-authorize Title VI of the Higher Educational Opportunities Act, a bill that was first introduced as the National Defense Education Act...
At Northeastern University, Educated Stupidity on Israel
I recently made the mistake of attending an anti-Israel rally outside the Hillel chapter at Northeastern University on November 2, 2017. The declared purpose of the rally...
The Zionists Are Coming: Panic at San Francisco State University
In the fevered imagination of the academic left, these are dark days at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Speakers at a two-day conference -- "Rights and Wrongs: A Constitution...
New Wave of Anti-Israel and Antisemitic Activity Emerges on Campuses
JNS.org - Jewish college students returning after their summer break are encountering a wave of swastika daubings and anti-Israel activity on campuses across the country; and...
SPME BDS Monitor: Academic Situation Improves, Cultural Sphere Worsens
With the school year over, the focus of BDS activity has moved to other parts of the academic ecosystem. One of the most important developments...
Professors Spin Antisemitic Conspiracies at Cal State-Fresno
California State University, Fresno. Photo: fresnostate.edu.California State University, Fresno (CSUF) is the last place that one would expect conspiracy theories about Jewish power to proliferate --...
Noura Erakat: Bashing Israel at UC-Berkeley
While Brooklyn-based “feminist” and Palestinian apologist Linda Sarsour is the progressive Left's flavor of the month, George Mason University international law professor Noura Erakat is a more...
Israel Bonds and US Universities: A Win-Win-Win-Win Situation
Over the years, many universities purchased Israel Bonds because they are a good investment. This does not happen as often as it once did, in...
Effective Jewish Advocacy Begins With Jewish Education
Since its passage in December, UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which claimed that Israel′s settlement activity and sovereignty over the Western Wall are "flagrant violations" of international...
The Modern Language Association and BDS
In the Department of English at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem -- where I teach -- approximately one third of my students are Arab women....
