SPME Network Participant Diana Muir recommends new journals and books for academic libraries. An important new journal is Hebraic Political Studies. This journal, begun two years ago, aims to evaluate the place of the Jewish textual tradition, alongside the traditions…
read moreWe, the undersigned faculty members of the University of Toronto,oppose the hosting of the Israel Apartheid Week at our Institution, andrequest that the administration stop this hateful and divisive event fromreturning to our University in future years. see also Article…
read moreThe Academic Friends of Israel P.O. Box 360 Email: mail@academics-for-israel.orgHarrow Website: www.academics-for-israel.orgHA3 9WY Hey guess what-the Academic Boycott of Israel is back in the UK! Last Friday at their meeting the UCU national executive committee voted in favour of a…
read morehttp://uncnews.unc.edu/news/government-and-law/jewish-studies-professorship-named-for-stuart-eizenstat.html A $1.5 million distinguished professorship in Jewish studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be named in honor of alumnus Stuart E. Eizenstat, lead negotiator for Holocaust reparation agreements and deputy secretary of the treasury…
read morehttp://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2268512,00.html The University and College Union (UCU)’s national executive committee (NEC) has agreed to reconsider a boycott of Israeli academics at its annual congress in May. An internal motion to discuss the possibility of a boycott of Israeli academics was…
read morehttp://www.juedische.at/TCgi/_v2/TCgi.cgi?target=home&Param_Kat=16&Param_RB=&Param_Red=9568 Der Präsident der Deutsch-Israelischen Gesellschaft Dr. h.c. Johannes Gerster fordert Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und Bundesministerin Schawan auf, vergleichbar den Zentren für Deutschlandstudien in Israel mit gleicher Energie in Deutschland Zentren für Israelstudien zu initiieren. Anlass dieser Forderung ist der…
read morehttp://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a5856/News/New_York.html Washington, D.C. – At its second annual summit held here this week, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life announced Monday its largest grant ever of $10.7 million from the Jim Joseph Foundation to support a new breed of…
read morehttp://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107695.html The University of California, Irvine’s chancellor again refused to speak out against acts of anti-Semitism on his campus. Michael Drake, confronted over his position at the opening plenary of Hillel’s summit Monday in Washington, issued a blanket condemnation of…
read morehttp://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/25/hillel There’s nothing like a conversation on “fostering a more civil society” during which a renegade audience member commandeers the microphone. At a summit focused on“Imagining a More Civil Society: The University and the Jewish Community,” Monday’s opening forum was…
read morehttp://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107665.html Jewish students protested the planned participation of the University of California, Irvine chancellor at a Hillel conference. In a letter sent last Thursday to Hillel President Wayne Firestone, 41 current and former students objected to the appearance of Michael…
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