Several Jewish organizations have written a letter to top California education officials to express concern regarding anti-Semitism at California state schools. The AMCHA Initiative, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, StandWithUs, and the Zionist Organization…
read moreDear President Wong and CSU Board of Trustees, We write to you as representatives of organizations concerned about the safety and well-being of Jewish students on California State University campuses. This Thursday (3/6), the SFSU College of Ethnic Studies is hosting…
read more“They finally did it: found a Negro Zionist: Uncle Tom is dancing for joy!” tweeted extremist Richard Silverstein, who maintains the Tikun Olam blog. He explained in a follow-up: “when I call @cvaldary ‘Negro Uncle Tom’ it reflects on her betrayal of progressive…
read moreMore and more, we hear from faculty and students about the need to have an “open tent” or a “big tent,” of ideas and opinions specifically, when it comes to the Arab-Israeli conflict. While the nature of public discourse demands…
read moreJewish anti-Israel professor Judith Butler will be featured by New York’s Jewish Museum in an event about existentialist Jewish writer Franz Kafka, and her critics on Wednesday were quick to call out the institution and its chief curator for their “Kafka-esque” move.…
read moreMalcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference ofPresidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said on Monday that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is “the 21st century form of 20th century anti-Semitism.” “It is the same manifestation, except [it is]…
read moreFirst there were the book-burnings, then came the boycott of Jewish businesses, after that, with mounting violence,Kristallnacht; the stage for the Holocaust was set. That was in Hitler’s Germany, and nothing, even the vilest and most despicable actions of various…
read moreThe backlash continues against the anti-Israel boycott resolution that the American Studies Association adopted last month. Over 200 university presidents have distanced themselves from it. Numerous other organizations, including the American Association of University Professors, have condemned it too. Some…
read moreProf. Stephen Norwood On September 5, 2012, at the Democratic National Convention, chairman Antonio Villaraigosa asked those assembled if they approved of an amendment to the Democratic Party’s platform affirming Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Half the crowd – if not…
read moreIsraeli artist, playwright and professor Dahn Hiuni on Tuesday said he launched a new movement called RDS –Retractions and Disavowals in Scholarship – to encourage academics to revisit their work to excise references from scholars who have since lost credibility as public…
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