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In 2014 and 2015, mock eviction notices hung in a predominantly Jewish dormitory at NYU; a UCLA student’s qualifications for a judicial board were questioned because of her religion; and a Stanford student government candidate scrubbed her Facebook page of…
read moreThe Harper government is signalling its intention to use hate crime laws against Canadian advocacy groups that encourage boycotts of Israel. Such a move could target a range of civil society organizations, from the United Church of Canada and the…
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On Tuesday, March 24, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine held a panel discussion entitled “Media, Solidarity, and Palestine.” The event, hosted in recognition of Israeli Apartheid Week, was moderated by professor Hamid Dabashi and allowed Rania Khalek, Alex Kane,…
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The following guest post is written by Elijah Granet, HonestReporting’s Blankfeld Award winner for 2014. Elijah is currently majoring in Political Science and Talmud at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. There is a disturbing trend in…
read moreAndrew Pessin, Professor of Philosophy at Connecticut College, is the latest casualty in the campus-based culture wars. Dr. Pessin is a well-liked and much published professor, self-described as the “only Jewish professor on campus who openly advocates for Israel.” And now,…
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Anger. Shock. Frustration. Confusion. Outrage. Hurt. These are just some of the feelings that overwhelmed me Wednesday night when I read the statement issued by Columbia University Black Students’ Organization accusing the pro-Israel campus organization Aryeh, on whose executive board…
read moreA student at the University of Ohio recalls the heated moments when she and three of her classmates were arrested last September while protesting the fiercely anti-Israel rhetoric of a fellow student, the president of the Student Senate. A young…
read moreLast week, Lawrence H. Summers, the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and president emeritus of Harvard University, and former Secretary of the treasury, delivered a lecture on “Academic Freedom and Anti-Semitism” at Columbia University. He recalled that in 2002, when…
read moreThis past week I delivered a lecture at Columbia University on academic freedom and anti-Semitism. I argued that it is the essence of academic freedom that all members of our community can hold whatever views they wish and express them…
read moreI am delighted to help inaugurate this forum on academic freedom. Academic freedom is essential if universities are to succeed in their missions of creating and disseminating knowledge. Universities excel when they are governed by the authority of ideas rather…
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