Posts Tagged: SJP
California University President Praised for Condemning BDS as Student Government Weighs Anti-Israel Resolution
The president of a California university has been applauded by Jewish campus groups for taking on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in a letter...
Student Leader: University of Wisconsin BDS Activists ‘Cleverly Manipulated’ Jewish Community to Pass Anti-Israel Resolution
Anti-Israel activists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) have been accused of having “cleverly manipulated” the Jewish community in order to successfully pass Boycott, Divestment...
UC Santa Barbara’s SJP Slammed for Launching BDS Campaign on Holocaust Remembrance Day
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) chapter of a notorious anti-Israel group is being slammed by Jewish students for launching a boycott, divestment and...
Washington U Hillel Hailed for Refusing to Fund J Street-Hosted Breaking the Silence Event
A student leader at Washington University in St. Louis (Wash U) has applauded the school's Hillel for refusing to fund a J Street U event featuring the...
Claiming Calls for Israel’s Destruction Are ‘Not Inherently Antisemitic,’ UK Jewish Student Defends Push for NUS to Excise Anti-Zionism From Antisemitism Definition
A British Jewish university student is defending her choice to lead a charge to excise anti-Zionism from the National Union of Students' (NUS) definition of antisemitism, claiming in an interview with The...
Report: Israeli Court Suspends Travel Ban on BDS Co-Founder Under Investigation for Tax Fraud, as He Prepares to Accept ‘Gandhi Peace Award’ at Yale
An Israeli court has agreed to temporarily suspend a travel ban on a co-founder of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement as he prepares to...
Tufts Trustees Announce They Will Not Support BDS, After ‘Ambush’ Resolution Passed by Student Government
Tufts University's Board of Trustees announced on Thursday it "will not divest from companies doing business in Israel," after the school's student government passed a BDS...
‘We Were Ambushed,’ Say Claremont Colleges’ Jewish Students After Senate Passes Sudden Pro-BDS Motion on Passover, Easter Sunday
Jewish student leaders at the Claremont Colleges told The Algemeiner they felt "ambushed" by an unexpected vote on a pro-boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) motion in the student senate...
Concordia University Urged by Major Canadian Jewish Group to Take Action After Student Government ‘Exploits Passover’ With Anti-Israel Event
An official with a prominent Canadian Jewish group demanded on Friday that Concordia University administrators take action against the Montreal school’s student union (CSU) after...
Camel Visits University of Georgia Campus as Part of ‘Israel Fest’
A University of Georgia (UGA) Zionist student group brought a camel to campus as part of their major Israeli cultural event of the year, the Atlanta Jewish...
Jewish Community ‘Hurt, Angry’ as Tufts Student Senate Passes BDS Motion in Landslide on Eve of Passover
Members of Tufts University's Jewish community told The Algemeiner on Monday they were "hurt and angry," after the school's student senate passed a boycott, divestment and sanctions...
‘I’m Gonna Finish What Hitler Started,’ ‘That Jew Better Run’ Among Social Media Comments by Cleveland Students Revealed by Covert Watchdog
The latest report issued by a covert campus watchdog group revealed a string of highly offensive social media statements made by students at six Cleveland...
Jewish Community at Tufts University ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Surprise BDS Resolution Brought for Vote Days Before Passover
Jewish student leaders at Tufts University “are working intensely” to combat a surprise boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) resolution initiated by an anti-Israel group for...
Anti-Israel ‘Parking Tickets’ Placed on Cars at University of Michigan-Dearborn by ‘2 People in Muslim Garb,’ Witness Says
Mock parking tickets on the windshields of cars in a University of Michigan at Dearborn (UM-Dearborn) lot last month -- which accused Israel of “ethnic...
