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http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200911182357/UBC-Jewish-students-fight-back.html Vancouver – Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) is a fairly new group. It was established in 1999 as a result of a merger between two student organizations based at Concordia and McGill universities. According to its web site…
read moreAcademics Against Israel and the Jews THE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE The publication two years ago of Academics Against Israel and the Jews, edited by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, has drawn a lot of attention. The book is now…
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http://www.dieuniversitaet-online.at/beitraege/news/concordia-ehrenpreis-2008-fuer-erika-weinzierl/10.html Am 5. Mai 2009 wurde die Historikerin Erika Weinzierl, emeritierte Professorin an der Universität Wien, für ihr Lebenswerk und besonders für ihren Kampf gegen den Antisemitismus mit dem Ehrenpreis des Publizistikvereins Concordia ausgezeichnet. Lesen Sie hier die Laudatio, mit…
read moreSPME Editor’s Note: These pieces are reprinted from the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research Daily Israenet Briefing of March 6, 2009. from their series, “When Free Speech Becomes Hate Speech.” THE MYTH OF ‘ISRAELI APARTHEID’Yoram ElronNational Post, March 6, 2009…
read morehttp://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16326&Itemid=86 Earlier this month, McGill University students voted 436 to 263 to postpone indefinitely a Students’ Society resolution condemning the “bombings” of “educational institutions in Gaza.” The initiative paralleled similar resolutions which passed at other Canadian universities, including University of…
read moreSPME Editor’s Note: These pieces are reprinted from the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research Daily Israenet Briefing of March 6, 2009. from their series, “When Free Speech Becomes Hate Speech.” ANTI-SEMITISM FUROR AT UNIVERSITIESAmy MinskyThe Concordian, March 3, 2009 Anti-Jewish…
read more“Fighting” Israel Apartheid Week The Campus Struggle Against Antisemitism Monday, March 2, 2009 Host: Student Israel-Advocacy ProgramType: Education – LectureTime: 4:30pm – 6:30pmLocation: McGill Law Faculty, Room 101 Street: Doctor PenfieldCity/Town: Montreal, QC Phone: 5144865544 Email: students@isranet.org Description:Barbara KayDistinguished National…
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http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=930200 Anti-Israel students clash withpolice during a protest againstthe visit of former Israeli primeminister Benjamin Netanyahuto Concordia University in 2002. In recent months, I have been invited to participate in two conferences, one put on by the Ontario Bar Association…
read morePUBLICATION We are happy to announce that Volume 2, issue 2 of /The Student Journal of Canadian Jewish Studies /is now on-line. Papers can be viewed at: http://web2.concordia.ca/canadianjewishjournal/index.htm The Student Journal of Canadian Jewish Studies/ is a student web-based journal,…
read morehttp://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=3&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=624&PID=0&IID=2614&TTL=The_Canadian_Campus_Scene A number of North American and European universities have been far from innocent bystanders in a politically motivated, disingenuous debate taking place on campus that denies the authenticity of the Holocaust. A hesitation to act is also evident when…
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