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Six Scottish academics have spoken out against four other Jewish educators who last week quit the 12,000-member University and College Union after it rejected the European Union Monitoring Centre’s (EUMC) determination. The detailed guidance paper defines anti-Semitism as a hatred…
read moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Comparative Politics/International Relations/Rule of Law Assistant/Associate Professor The Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina (http://www.cas.sc.edu/poli/ ) invites applications for a tenure- track position in Comparative Politics or International Relations at the…
read morePicture 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 moreWASHINGTON (JTA) — Hannah Rosenthal, the State Department’s envoy for combating anti-Semitism, was heartened if skeptical when some Arab officials pledged to her that they would remove anti-Semitic tropes from their school curricula. She was frustrated when they hemmed and…
read moreTORONTO (JTA) — Canada is fertile ground for anti-Semitism, especially on university campuses, a parliamentary committee has concluded. After two years of hearings, the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism in a report released last week called on the federal…
read moreBahá’í im Iran riskieren viel, wenn sie studieren wollen – Unterstützung finden sie auch in Österreich Wien – Am Tag zuvor hatten sie noch miteinander gemailt – dann war plötzlich Funkstille. Der Verdacht von S., Professor an der Technischen Universität…
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FOUR leading Jewish academics in Scotland have quit one of the largest UK lecturers’ unions over its stance on the definition of anti-Semitism. The lecturers resigned from the 12,000-member University and College Union after it rejected the European Union Monitoring…
read moreZamaaneh, 6. Juni 2011 – Das Baha’i-Institut für Höhere Bildung (BIHE) in Iran ist vom Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Technologie zu einer „illegalen“ Organisation erklärt worden. Die Nachrichtenagentur ISNA zitiert aus der entsprechenden Erklärung des Ministers: „Die Online-Universität BIHE hat…
read more2011-2012 AICE Visiting Israeli Professors “Charles and Lynn Schusterman”Visiting Israeli Professors American University: Fred LazinHolocaust Studies, Public Policy, American & Israeli Politics Binghamton University, SUNY: Sariel BirnbaumCommunications, Middle Eastern Cinema, Arab Media Binghamton University, SUNY: Maoz RosenthalIsraeli Politics, Public Policy…
read moreIsrael’s Ben-Gurion University and the University of Johannesburg have reinstated a collaborative water-research agreement, defying a vote last March by the South African institution’s faculty senate to cut ties with the Israeli university, reports The Jerusalem Post. The faculty vote…
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