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Union Committee to Reconsider Israeli Academics Boycott
150 150 Anthea Lipsett

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2268512,00.html The University and College Union (UCU)’s national executive committee (NEC) has agreed to reconsider a boycott of Israeli academics at its annual congress in May. An internal motion to discuss the possibility of a boycott of Israeli academics was put to the NEC meeting on March 14. It notes the “apparent complicity of the…

Aufbau einer Deutschlandforschung in Israel -Abbau der Israelforschung in Deutschland ?
150 150 SPME

http://www.juedische.at/TCgi/_v2/TCgi.cgi?target=home&Param_Kat=16&Param_RB=&Param_Red=9568 Der Präsident der Deutsch-Israelischen Gesellschaft Dr. h.c. Johannes Gerster fordert Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und Bundesministerin Schawan auf, vergleichbar den Zentren für Deutschlandstudien in Israel mit gleicher Energie in Deutschland Zentren für Israelstudien zu initiieren. Anlass dieser Forderung ist der letzte Besuch der Bundeskanzlerin in Israel, der zur Gründung von Zentren für Deutschlandstudien an den…

Hillel Gets $10.7 Million For Campuses
150 150 Carolyn Slutsky

http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a5856/News/New_York.html Washington, D.C. – At its second annual summit held here this week, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life announced Monday its largest grant ever of $10.7 million from the Jim Joseph Foundation to support a new breed of educators on college campuses. The money, payable over five years, will help create and expand…

Drake stays Mum on UC Irvine Anti-Semitism
150 150 SPME

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107695.html The University of California, Irvine’s chancellor again refused to speak out against acts of anti-Semitism on his campus. Michael Drake, confronted over his position at the opening plenary of Hillel’s summit Monday in Washington, issued a blanket condemnation of hate speech, including anti-Semitism, saying it had no place in society. “It’s deplorable. It’s deplorable,”…