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Not long ago in this column I wrote about the case which had been brought against the University Trade Union in the UK by one of its members, accusing it of institutional anti-Semitism. The case was heard by an independent…
read moreHaving been an American high school exchange student in the north of England, in Wallasey, during the wonderfully colorful years of 1962-63, and having visited the UK more than any other country in my life, with many friends there, I…
read moreA co-ordinated campaign by Ronnie Fraser, his lawyers and his witnesses to try to intmidate critics of Israel with an invented accusation of antisemitism would indeed be vile and disgraceful. This is what the Tribunal thought was The Tribunal…
read moreI am naturally disappointed by the decision of the Employment Tribunal to dismiss my claim of harassment against the University and College Union (UCU). I am however very grateful that the hearing provided us with the opportunity to raise and…
read moreCertains campus universitaires américains sont devenus depuis une dizaine d’années le terrain privilégié de l’anti-israélisme et de l’antisionisme. Cette situation surprenante dans un pays où une large majorité de la population soutient Israël, est source d’inquiétude pour la communauté juive américaine.…
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This report tracks the response by Facebook to a catalogue of antisemitic content including that in OHPI’s 2012 report into “Aboriginal Memes and Online Hate”. A number of items discovered at the same time, but not included in OHPI’s report…
read more“How long halt ye between two opinions?” – 1 Kings 18:21 American Jewry is often said to be divided between those who judge Judaism by the principles of the New York Times and those who judge the New York Times by…
read moreIt is a struggle to choose the term that most accurately describes the phenomenon of Jew-hatred. Judeophobia is little used because it literally means “the fear of Jews.”Anti-Judaism, which is the most literal and specific, is problematic because it suggests that Jew-hatred…
read moreSpring’s coming. Get ready for Israeli Apartheid Week on campuses across the nation. Locally last week, Harvard University got off to an early start: the college’s Palestine Solidarity Committee placed mock eviction notices on students’ doors, warning students that…
read moreI was asked the question most recently last week in the well-appointed downtown offices of a major Jewish organization. But I have heard it surprisingly often since I founded the Louis D. Brandeis Center to combat campus anti-Semitism: “Do you…
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