SPME Faculty at University of Toronto Weighing Interventions With Allegations of Anti-Israel Polemics in Classrooms and in University Programming

After contacts from students and faculty at the University of Toronto, SPME is working with faculty members to decide what actions to take after faculty have tried unsuccessfully to meet with administrators to deal with allegations of anti-Israel polemics being taught in coursework there, as well as a number of anti-Israel events being planned to be offered on campus where there is concerned that there will be anti-Israel incitement. Despite a considerable group of 73 faculty members registering complaints, the University administration has been unresponsive and refused to meet. Interested University of Toronto faculty members should contact Prof. Eldad Zacksenhaus, Associate Professor of Medicine at eldad.zacksenhaus@utoronto.ca

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Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is not-for-profit [501 (C) (3)], grass-roots community of scholars who have united to promote honest, fact-based, and civil discourse, especially in regard to Middle East issues. We believe that ethnic, national, and religious hatreds, including anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism, have no place in our institutions, disciplines, and communities. We employ academic means to address these issues.