Posts Tagged: NYU Israel
Fighting Antisemitism on New York Campuses Requires Sound Policies, Not Empty Platitudes
New York -- the state that boasts the largest Jewish population in the United States -- is also home to some of the most antisemitic...
Some Campus Protesters Despise America as Much as They Do Israel
The epicenter of campus protests has recently shifted from occupation of buildings and quads, to the disruption of commencement ceremonies as students prepare to leave...
Anti-Israel Efforts Spread to Campus and Elsewhere in Worrying Sign
The 2023-2024 academic year began with the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement further co-opting academic spaces and legitimacy, in part by holding so-called...
Universities Should Exercise Moral Leadership to Address SJP Antisemitism
When does anti-Zionism become antisemitic? Anti-Israel activists often attempt to shield themselves from accusations of bias and bigotry by claiming that they’re merely making a...
A Message to Pro-Israel Students: Fight Back and Make the Case for Israel
On many college campuses today, anti-Zionist organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) incorrectly portray Israel as a racist, white supremacist country. The success...
If NYU Keeps Tolerating Antisemitism, It Will Lose Students
JNS.org - New York University has one of the largest number of Jewish college students in the country. But prospective students and their families, alumni,...
NYU Department Boycotts NYU Tel Aviv for Hypocritical Reasons
This is from NYU's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis: Faculty and student members of the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis seek at all times to...
It Can Be Very Easy to Be Pro-Israel on College Campuses
JNS.org - My time at New York University did not affect my decision to make aliyah; I was rock solid on that decision before I...
SPME BDS Monitor: Antisemitism Rises on Campus
The academic year ended with sudden late pushes for BDS resolutions and associated protests. While there were notable wins for BDS in student government, the...
Unfounded and Unrestrained: Norman Finkelstein at NYU
On Thursday, April 26, the NYU Politics Department hosted an event titled “Norman Finkelstein at NYU on the Urgent Situation in Gaza.” Finkelstein, a man who...
Social Injustice: Segregation and Exclusion in 2018
On February 27, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) revealed that there were 1,986 antisemitic incidents reported across the United States in 2017 -- representing a 57% increase...
At NYU and Elsewhere, Jewish Voice for Peace Deters Positive Discourse
On November 8, NYU Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) -- along with 26 other clubs -- penned an open letter to the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life...
Talking ‘Intersectionality’ at NYU
Israel-bashing in the name of “intersectional solidarity” is now a feature of Black History Month, according to New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near...
Indian Israelis Bridge the Divide at Home and in America
When you think of an Israeli, what image pops into your mind? Is it a tanned person with dark hair with a bowl of hummus in his hands?...
