Iran has violated the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty time after time, often undetected; it also continues to violate Article 2, clause 4, of the United Nations Charter: “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of…
read moreIt all must have seemed so innocent and care-free when Oren Ben-Dor, professor at Southampton University, decided to organise a three-day conference at his place of work. An Israeli law professor, calling for papers and speakers on the subject of…
read moreIt is not easy being an anti-Zionist academic. They are running low on slogans, as everything that was once edgy, controversial and headline-worthy is now outdated: “A people’s state” is mundane; “A nation’s state” is archaic; “Israel is committing genocide”…
read moreA leading British university is set to scrap plans to host an controversial conference questioning the right of Israel, to exist following a wave of international outrage and threats of protests from both sides. The University of Southampton is understood…
read moreWhat is the campus climate like for Jewish students at the University of California? As the old Jewish joke goes: in one word, good; in two words, not good. Let’s start with the good. Last week, UC President Janet Napolitano…
read moreSeeming to give credence to Orwell’s quip that “some ideas are so stupid they could only have been thought of by intellectuals,” faculty at the University of Southampton in England will be sponsoring a three-day conference in April, “International Law…
read moreA leading British university has been condemned for hosting a conference questioning Israel’s right to exist which critics say will legitimise anti-Semitism. Pressure is growing on Southampton University to cancel the three day event, planned for next month, or face…
read moreThe grilling of student Rachel Beyda over whether she was unqualified to join the UCLA’s student judicial board, merely because she Jewish, shocked people with its blatant display of anti-Semitism at one of the nation’s most liberal schools.“Given that you’re…
read moreEvidence of the concern within UCLA’s Jewish community stemming from recent events on campus could be seen on March 16 by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block’s visitors that day. Just before an interview with the Jewish Journal that morning, Block met…
read moreEARLIER this month we once again saw what hotbeds of extremism and hatred some of our university campuses have become. The fact that Mohammed Emwazi (aka “Jihadi John”) had been a student at Westminster university could have surprised no one. Nor…
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