Campus News & Climate

Scientists: Israel’s Excellence Could ‘Slip Away’

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1210668638115&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Although there was much boasting by Israelis and admiration by foreigners at Jerusalem’s “Presidential Conference 2008: Facing Tomorrow” on Wednesday about the Jewish state’s scientific and technological discoveries, some scientists there warned that such achievement could easily become a…

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‘Not Enough Done’ Against Campus Antisemitism

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2279832,00.html Antisemitism in universities remains a major concern and the government needs to do more work to address it, an all party group of MPs has warned. A progress report (pdf) one year after the government’s response to the All-Party…

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Second Anti-Semitic Message Discovered at UCSC

http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_9218288 SANTA CRUZ — Anti-Semitic graffiti similar to an image recently discovered at Oakes College was found on a stall in a men’s restroom at Porter College this week, UC Santa Cruz officials disclosed Friday. The image of a Star…

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Academics ‘Trying to Revive Israel Boycott’

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2279008,00.html Academics are today accused of attempting to revive the academic boycott of Israel by calling for lecturers to consider their links with Israeli institutions and lobby contacts over the Israeli occupation. The University and College Union (UCU) annual conference…

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SPME Sends Student on JNF’s Alternative Spring Break to the Negev

In appreciation for JNF’s help with SPME’s fund-raising needs through our “cooperative-venture agreement” with JNF, SPME contributed to subsidize one of the 200 young adults from the US and Canada that participated in this year’s JNF Alternative Spring Break, this…

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Politik mit Realitätsverlust?

Am 23.04.2008 hielt der umstrittene “Islamexperte” und ehemalige Leiter des Deutschen Orient Instituts, Udo Steinbach, im Hauptgebäude der Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) einen Vortrag mit dem Titel “Politik mit Realitätsverlust – im Nahen Osten ersetzt das Wunschdenken das Handeln”.Das “Bündnis…

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Union Bans Anti-Boycott Activist

http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s18&SecId=18&AId=59675&ATypeId=1 One of the leaders of the campaign to prevent the academic boycott of Israel has been banned by his own union from an email forum. David Hirsh, a co-founder of the Engage campaign, has been denied use of the…

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