Posts Tagged: Free Speech
New Book Exposes Depth of Anti-Israel Hate on American Campuses
About six months after Andrew Pessin posted -- on his Facebook profile -- a defense of Israel during its 2014 war against Hamas, the once...
The First Amendment Doesn’t Protect Hate Speech at Rutgers
If Rutgers University President Robert Barchi wants to defend recent antisemitic speech from his professors by hiding behind the skirts of the First Amendment, he...
A Lesson in Democracy for Turkey’s Islamist President
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Washington, DC this past May, he was greeted outside the home of the Turkish ambassador by a small...
Why Don’t US Islamic Groups Stand Up for Persecuted Former Muslims?
In trying to cast their faith as tolerant and accepting of others, many Muslims like to point to the Koran's verse 2:256. It begins with the phrase, "There...
Bennett’s Academic Code: Right Sentiment, Wrong Strategy
"Had such professional misconduct occurred in the natural or physical sciences there would have doubtless been serious consequences: e.g. the collapse of a bridge following...
UC-Irvine Fails to Respond to Hillel Letter Complaining About ‘Unacceptably Slow’ Probe of Student Disruption of IDF Event
University of California-Irvine (UCI) administrators have not responded to a letter from Hillel International complaining about the "unacceptably slow nature of the investigation" into a student...
CUNY Embraces, Honors Israel-Hating, Terror-Supporting Sarsour
Despite mounting criticism, the City University of New York (CUNY) has refused to rescind its selection of Linda Sarsour -- an Israel-bashing, terror supporter --...
Academic Activist Network Finds Success Promoting ‘Inherently Connected’ Pro-Free Speech, Pro-Israel Causes
A young academic activist organization has found success helping faculty members on campuses across the US promote what founders see as the “inherently connected” causes of...
The Campus Assault on Free Speech
Like many Americans, I am appalled by recent attacks on free speech at universities. For instance, in February, a scheduled speech by Milo Yiannopoulos was met with...
Alan Dershowitz Joined by Prominent Academics in Railing Against ‘Hypocrisy’ of BDS Intellectual Leader Cornel West for Statement on ‘Truth-Seeking, Freedom of Thought’
The co-signing of a statement calling for “truth-seeking and freedom of thought” by a well-known BDS proponent elicited harsh reactions from academics, who said they...
How Pakistani Law Enshrines Extremism and Emboldens Terror
Pakistani extremists have killed nearly 50,000 people since 9/11. But government ineffectiveness in Islamabad has stymied all efforts to contain terrorist violence. The Pakistani government and military...
Jewish Campus Leaders: ‘No Coincidence’ Cartoon Mocking Judaism Published on Day One of ‘Palestine Awareness Week’ at California University
Jewish leaders at a California university told The Algemeiner "it's no coincidence" that a cartoon mocking Judaism was published in the student newspaper on the first day...
Unfree Speech on the Temple Mount
Having taught the history of freedom of speech in the United States for 45 years to college students at Brandeis and Wellesley I retain a residual...
‘Hate Spaces’ Film Exposes Campus Intolerance
A new documentary, "Hate Spaces," exposes the epidemic of campus intolerance, favoring Muslims and anti-Israel activists over Jews and Israel-supporters when it comes to free...
