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Picture the following: A discussion in a post-graduate university class on the topic of Jews turns ugly. The professor is uncritical when one student says he doesn’t want to be around Jews. Another student complains about “rich Jews,” implying their…
read moreYale’s replacement for the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism, aims to have a more scholarly focus than its predecessor, which has been called too political for an academic environment.…
read moreA professor has resigned from the University and College Union after more than 40 years following its rejection of the widely-accepted definition of antisemitism. David-Hillel Ruben, professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College and the former director of the London School…
read moreWASHINGTON (JTA) — Yale University is launching a new program for the study of anti-Semitism, the school’s provost said in a statement. Monday’s announcement by Peter Salovey of the creation of the Yale Program for the Study of Anti-Semitism comes…
read moreI look forward to taking on the challenge of directing YPSA. One of my primary goals is to engage my colleagues from across the university in ways that produce important research contributions. Yale has some of the leading scholars in…
read moreMay 31, 2011, 6:03 pmMore than 100 faculty members at New York University have signed a petition calling on officials at the institution to publicly condemn the recent arrests in the United Arab Emirates of five democracy activists, including Nasser…
read moreVom 18. bis 21. Juni 2011 besucht der österreichische Wissenschaftsminister Dr. Karlheinz Töchterle Universitäten und Forschungseinrichtungen in Israel. Im Rahmen dieses Besuches steht ein Treffen mit dem israelischen Wissenschafts- und Technologieminister Daniel Hershkovitz auf dem Programm. Unter anderem wird Minister…
read moreNEW YORK – Leaders of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism (YIISA) at Yale University were notified last week that the center was to be closed at the end of July, sparking a fierce round of objections,…
read moreThe evidence that British student campuses have become hotbeds of Islamist radicalisation is overwhelming, saysAnthony Glees. It is time to get tough on those who refuse to believe it. Theresa May’s message to our vice-chancellors, in her comments to this…
read moreThe Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism (YIISA), which has operated since 2006, will not continue next year, Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies Donald Green said in a statement. The decision to end the…
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