Posts Tagged: colleges Israel
After Pushback, University of North Carolina Defends Anti-Israel Incitement in Its Classrooms
On August 3, I reported that this coming Fall, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) will offer a recurring course titled “The...
More Anti-Israel Hatred Infests the University of North Carolina
This coming Fall, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is scheduled to offer a recurring course titled “The Conflict over Israel/Palestine,” taught...
Remembering Leo Frank: Antisemitism Then and Now
August 17th marks the 106th anniversary of the lynching of Leo Frank, an Atlanta Jewish businessman who was falsely accused of murder and then kidnapped...
Lessons From the ‘No FEAR’ Rally
It has been 11 days since the “NO FEAR Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People” took place in front of the United States Capitol,...
To Antisemites, a Jew Is a Jew Is a Jew
The antisemites came for Israelis. They relentlessly attacked the lone democracy in the Middle East and the realization of a 3,500-year-old vision, with the aim of...
BDS Seizes on Israel-Hamas Fighting to Demonize the Jewish State
The academic year has ended, but the events in Jerusalem and then Gaza have prompted a dramatic upswing of BDS activities in both higher education...
To Combat Hate, We Must Set Definitions Straight: Defining Antisemitism on Campus
On college campuses, who should define antisemitism? Any member of the student body, or the targets of the world’s oldest hatred themselves? At City, University...
From the Frontlines: Israel Activism on Campus
Colleges work hard to support their various student populations -- but Jewish and pro-Israel students often don't receive this consideration. As a pro-Israel activist at...
Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism at Syracuse University
Three years ago this past February, I came across a poster taped on the wall of my freshman dormitory at Syracuse University, which included the...
Students for Justice in Palestine Rewrites and Distorts Jewish and Israeli History
Over the summer, Duke University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter published erroneous claims about the nature of Zionism in one of its Instagram...
Are Universities Producing Anti-Israel Foot Soldiers?
The last three decades have ushered in a hostile discourse surrounding Israel on university campuses. Abraham Lincoln once said, “The Philosophy of the school room in...
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...
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...
