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Introduction March was characterized by repeated accusations from the BDS movement that it was being ‘silenced.’ These came as campuses were subjected to ‘Israel Apartheid Week’ and an onslaught of anti-Israel programming. The incongruence of these claims point to the…
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Tel Aviv University’s Batya and Isachar Fischer Center for Corporate Governance held its annual conference in memory of Isachar Fischer last week, focusing on the challenges created by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Israeli businesses. In an era in…
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From the halls of Congress and college campuses to corporate board rooms and social and mainstream media, antisemitism from the left, right, the Black community and the Islamic community is metastasizing with no end in sight. On the heels of…
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aking the world safe for Jews in an age of skyrocketing antisemitism isn’t something American universities tend to believe they need to stand for. In a review of 24 major college and university diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the advocacy group…
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Just because most colleges and universities have been on at least a partial pandemic shut down this past year doesn’t mean that BDS forces have lost any of their vitriol. Or that they’ve given up on pillorying the Jewish state…
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You may think your child’s college courses that are part of a Jewish Studies program are protected from the antisemitism that permeates college and university campuses throughout America. I have some bad news. On college and university campuses across the…
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Why are nefarious countries pouring billions of dollars in foreign funding to U.S. universities? (Graphic: Clarion Project) The Clarion Project has found that U.S. universities and colleges failed to report almost $1 billion in foreign funding between 2013 and 2018, despite the…
read moreBDS on campus reached new levels in November as SJP groups went on the offensive at many schools, most notably by harassing pro-Israel speakers and students. But faculty led BDS also saw several events that went forward despite administration and…
read moreDear President Brown, I was surprised by the letter you are sending out in reference to the Sarah Ihmoud case. Given my experience with you during the years I taught at BU, and the integrity you showed in dealing with…
read moreBoston University has been considering hiring an anti-Israel postdoctoral associate as a professor, reported Americans for Peace and Tolerance. While the school has yet to hire Sarah Ihmoud, the offer is “imminent,” according to APT. Ihmoud presented her paper, “Sexual Violence,…
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