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A spokesman for Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, told The Jerusalem Post on Friday that a talk with academic Dr. Angela Davis, a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting the Jewish state, has been postponed. When asked about a…
read moreAs it works to play down accusations that Oberlin College’s so-called “Professor of Peace,” Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, was involved in crimes against humanity, the liberal arts college is now confronted with new allegations of antisemitism as it continues to provide a…
read moreBERLIN – The organization Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) on Tuesday published a letter in support of Germany’s commissioner for combating antisemitism, who classified a South African-based pro-BDS academic’s language as antisemitic. The 50,000 scholars affiliated with SPME…
read moreOne has to be unusually callous to revel publicly in the coronavirus-related death of an 88-year old Holocaust survivor, yet Leen Dweik did not hesitate. A 2019 graduate of New York University, Dweik served as president of the NYU chapter of Students…
read moreBERLIN – The German music and cultural festival Ruhrtriennale, which was slated to present a pro-BDS speaker, pulled the plug on its event on Tuesday due to the coronavirus crisis. “The supervisory board of Kultur Ruhr GmbH today unanimously decided at an…
read moreBERLIN–The prominent American historian, Dr. Jeffrey Herf, sharply criticized the Berlin Center for Antisemitism Research (ZfA) for failing to address radical left-wing, communist and Islamic Jew-hatred. Herf, one of the world’s leading experts on antisemitism, wrote on Thursday in the…
read moreThe logo of global online travel brand Expedia is pictured at the International Tourism Trade Fair in Berlin (photo credit: FABRIZIO BENSCH / REUTERS) A prominent German attorney has filed a lawsuit against online travel agency Expedia for denying service to an…
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THE FACULTY OF LAW building at Berlin’s Humboldt University. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) The city-state of Berlin’s commissioner to combat antisemitism, Lorenz Korgel, on Monday criticized Humboldt University for holding an event with an alleged academic antisemite who promotes the BDS campaign…
read moreAn anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS (photo credit: REUTERS) The online payment service GoFundMe has terminated its account with Al-Awda, a Palestinian organization that seeks to return all refugees to Israel and promotes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement that targets the…
read moreThe University of Trier in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is facing allegations that it is mainstreaming Iranian regime-sponsored antisemitism and terrorism by accepting an academic award from the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani presented…
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