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Four Int’l Academic Organizations Slam British Boycott
150 150 Gil Ronen

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125811 (IsraelNN.com) Four international academic organizations signed a joint declaration denouncing British academics for attempting to impose a boycott on Israeli research institutions. Prof. Shlomo Sasson, who heads the Institute for Diabetes Research at the Hebrew University, was one of the people who initiated the declaration. He said: “This declaration reflects the opinions of four…

Cultural Boycott Partitions Egypt from Israel
150 150 Liam Stack, Chronicle Foreign Service

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/08/MN9EU855F.DTL Almost 30 years after Egypt and Israel signed the Camp David peace accords, the normalization of cultural ties is still mired in a cold war. Since Egypt became the first Arab state to make peace with Israel, the two nations have exchanged ambassadors, cooperated on security issues and greatly increased trade. Yet for many…

Foundation Stone Laid for New College of Jewish Studies in Germany
150 150 SPME

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196757,foundation-stone-laid-for-new-college-of-jewish-studies-in.html Heidelberg, Germany – The foundation stone was laid Friday for a new building to house the College of Jewish Studies in the German university town of Heidelberg. The college “is a meeting place for Jewish and non-Jewish Germans,” said Guenter Oettinger, prime minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg, the federal state where Heidelberg is located. Members of…

Anti-semitic Newsletter Distributed to Temple Students
150 150 Kathy Boccella

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20080403_Anti-semitic_newsletter_distributed_to_Temple_students.html Samantha Mirkin rarely looked at the monthly newsletter from University Village, the private apartment complex for Temple Students at 10th and Montgomery Streets. But when she saw it slipped under her door this afternoon she glanced at an April Fool’s poem on the back page and was shocked to see a line wishing for…