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For the past decade, anti-Israel activists in the United States and Europe have called on pension funds, universities and churches to sell their stock in companies that do business with Israel, particularly its defense establishment. They have also called for…
read moreThe academic year closed with dramatic protests to shut down pro-Israel and free speech events. But other developments, the rejection of a BDS resolution and further association with the movement by the United Methodist Church, and the appointment of BDS…
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Note: This post originally was to list just a few statements from university Presidents, but as it has expanded it now will be the repository to gather the statements as a source for others. The title — but not the…
read moreI am distraught and dismayed at videos on Campus Watch and elsewhere, documenting Israel supporters and Jews scurrying from physical attacks by pro-Palestinian activists on university campuses and public forums. It’s time legacy Jewish organizations, their donors, and Israel government…
read moreWinston Churchill could have been observing the sorry state of academic free speech today when he observed that “Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is…
read moreA campaign of hate is sweeping across our country. The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement – advancing an agenda to demonize the Jewish people and destroy the State of Israel – is moving from the fringes of our society…
read moreClick for the full PDF version of this report. INTRODUCTION BDS (boycott, divestment & sanctions) campaigns on U.S. college campuses delegitimize Israel and are seen by many as “a contemporary manifestation of antisemitism” (Brandies University Report, 2015). Students for Justice…
read moreOn September 17, the University of California Regents met at UC Irvine to discuss their “Statement of Principles Against Intolerance,” meant to serve as a protection to students of any gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion who face discrimination on…
read moreIt was her first week back at the University of California, San Diego, and Sara Ahdoot had already become the target of an anti-Semitic attack. A psychology senior at UCSD, Ahdoot had planned to celebrate the start of her last…
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After months of anticipation over whether the University of California’s Board of Regents would adopt a definition of anti-Semitism in the wake of several anti-Israel and anti-Jewish incidents across its campuses, the UC’s governing arm rejected a “Statement of Principles…
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