Posts Tagged: Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
‘Unprecedented’ Spate of Antisemitic Vandalism Across US Colleges in Wake of Presidential Election Leaves Jewish Students Feeling Vulnerable, Campus Groups Say
Jewish students are feeling particularly vulnerable in the aftermath of the US presidential election, the result of which has sparked an unprecedented number of antisemitic incidents at...
Jewish Students at U of New Mexico, Already ‘Intimidated’ Into Keeping Low Profile, ‘Anxious’ Over Appearance of Nazi-Style Anti-Trump Graffiti, Sources Say
Jewish students at the University of New Mexico (UNM) are feeling "anxious" about the appearance on campus of Nazi-themed graffiti denouncing US President-elect Donald Trump,...
U of Michigan Students Justify ‘Zionism Is Scary’ Halloween Bake Sale Following Outcry Over ‘Gross Bigotry’
Students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn told The Algemeiner on Tuesday that they were justified in holding a blatantly anti-Israel event, "because Zionism constitutes antisemitism.” The school's chapter of Students...
Faculty, Alumni Join Human Rights Organizations in Demanding Eradication of Anti-Zionist Indoctrination in U of California Classrooms
A mass appeal to the University of California (UC) system to stop the “growing and worrisome trend” of anti-Zionist faculty members using their classrooms as political platforms is...
Campus Groups on New UC Irvine Recommendations for Combating Antisemitism on Campus: ‘Proof Will Be in the Pudding’ of Implementation
While the University of California, Irvine is taking a series of “good first steps” towards combating antisemitism, the “proof will be in the pudding" of implementation,...
Campus Watchdogs: UC Berkeley’s Decision to Reinstate Anti-Zionism Course Is Capitulation to Israel-Demonizers
The University of California, Berkeley’s decision to reinstate a controversial anti-Zionism course constitutes pure capitulation to the extremist anti-Israel movement, major campus groups and a student...
Watchdogs, Jewish Officials Slam ‘Failed’ CUNY Antisemitism Investigation, Say It Will Encourage Further Jew-Hatred
Jewish officials and campus-watchdog representatives slammed the findings of the New York City public university system’s investigation into antisemitism at its colleges, telling The Algemeiner on...
‘Slap on Wrist’ of Violent Anti-Israel Student Protesters at UC Irvine ‘Feckless Punishment,’ Say Campus, Legal Groups
The heads of major campus groups told The Algemeiner on Monday that they are outraged by the mild response of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) to the violent behavior of an anti-Israel student...
Major Jewish Campus Groups Hail UC Irvine Decision to Implement Regents ‘Statement Against Intolerance’ as ‘Major Step’ in Combating Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism
The University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) recent announcement that it will begin to fully implement a groundbreaking statement against intolerance is a major step forward...
Major Jewish Groups Rebuke ‘Irresponsible’ University of Tennessee for Failure to Condemn Antisemitism on Campus
Major Jewish campus groups rebuked the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) on Tuesday for failing to outright condemn antisemitism on campus, telling The Algemeiner that...
Campus Watchdog: Jewish Students Single Largest Target of Systematic Suppression of Civil Rights at American Universities (INTERVIEW)
Jewish college students are the largest university population “coming under systematic attack,” with an increasing number seeing their civil rights infringed upon, the head of...
Campus Watchdog: UC Irvine Chancellor in ‘Hot Seat;’ Must Take Immediate Action Against Antisemitism
The chancellor of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) must “face antisemitic incidents happening on his campus right now and take steps to implement policies...
Jewish 100, 2014: Tammi Rossman-Benjamin – Academia
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin AMCHA Initiative director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin is a lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the co-founder and director of AMCHA Initiative, a non-profit...
In Wake of UAW 2865 BDS Vote, California Assemblyman Demands Assurance That ‘Anti-Israel Propaganda’ is Prohibited from UC Classrooms
A leading California Assembly Member has urged University of California President Janet Napolitano to ensure that members of the university's faculty do not use their...
