Posts Tagged: colleges Israel
Academia’s Selective Deviation from Freedom of Inquiry
Freedom of inquiry, meaning vigorous analysis and debate of controversial issues, is supposed to constitute an integral element of higher education. American universities have traditionally...
What a New Middle East Scholars Survey Says About the Campus Climate for Jews
On January 25, 2016, Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old Italian graduate student conducting dissertation fieldwork on Egypt’s trade unions, was snatched off a street in Cairo....
Excluding Zionist Voices Will Not Bring Us Closer to Peace
I am a proud Jew and Zionist. This statement would prevent me from speaking at nine student clubs at the University of California, Berkeley Law School,...
A Message to UC Berkeley: We Are Zionists Because We Are Jews
In the defining spirit of our times, which promotes diversity and inclusion by encouraging individuals to self-identify, to celebrate their will to determine their identity...
ADL CEO: Left-Wing Antisemitism Is On the Quad – We Must Face Reality
It’s that time of year, when tens of thousands of Jewish students are starting at colleges across the United States. And for the first time...
As Summer Recess Ends, the Boycott Israel Movement Marches On
The brief August flare up between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) produced a predictable but short spate of BDS activity. PIJ’s undeniable responsibility for...
Combating Antisemitism Is Crucial to the Academic Integrity of Our Nation’s Campuses
As students return to college campuses this fall, new opportunities create excitement and optimistic nervousness. Unfortunately, an unwelcome source of anxiety also exists: growing antisemitism,...
Ten of the Most Shocking Instances of Campus Antisemitism This Year
Many college campuses across the United States have become hotbeds for antisemitism, as HonestReporting has documented extensively in our recent series. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)...
Why a Definition of Antisemitism Matters on College Campuses
With antisemitism on the rise, the need to adopt a universal definition of antisemitism is more crucial than ever. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working...
Ben-Gurion University: A Campus Divided
As tensions rise all over Israel regarding the recent Nakba Day protests and the death of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, Ben-Gurion University is...
BDS Puts Jews and Israel Under Attack
One of the most significant and sinister BDS developments in recent memory occurred in June with the release of the ‘Mapping Project,’ which created a...
It’s Time to Fight Anti-Israel Hate at CUNY
Growing up in New York City, I believed that antisemitism was a disease of the past. It has therefore been deeply unsettling to witness the resurgence...
Israel’s Destruction Is Championed at the University of Chicago
In March, I detailed Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)’s campaign against academic freedom at the University of Chicago. Since then, the situation has only...
Middle East Professors Boycott Israel — Where’s the Moral Outrage?
Hours after the American Studies Association (ASA) announced its membership had voted to endorse an academic boycott of Israel in 2013, the American Association of...
