Campus News & Climate

Antisemitismus wieder „ehrbar”?

http://diepresse.com/home/techscience/wissenschaft/386458/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/techscience/index.do Kritik an Israel und den USA geht oft mit mehr oder weniger offenem Antisemitismus einher. Auch bei Linken. Salzburger Historikerinnen untersuchen das. Seit dem Beginn der „zweiten Intifada” im Herbst 2000 warnen Untersuchungen vor einem neuen Antisemitismus in Europa.…

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Iranian Web Site Promotes Holocaust Denial

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1211434103569&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull The massacre of Jewish people during the Holocaust was “scientifically impossible,” according to an article published by an Iranian satellite channel on its Web site. The article was written by Nicholas Kollerstrom, an academic specializing in astrology and crop…

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New Boycott of Israeli Academics Would Be ‘Unlawful’

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/worldwide/story/0,,2281284,00.html If lecturers pass a motion to boycott Israeli academics at the University and College Union (UCU) annual congress next week, they will break the law, campaigners claimed today. A motion proposed at last year’s UCU congress to debate the…

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Seminar at Hudson Institute: Andrew G. Bostom: The Problem of Muslim Anti-Semitism: Its Past and Present

http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2008/05/17/jerusalem-post-review-of-%e2%80%9cthe-legacy-of-islamic-antisemitism%e2%80%9dmy-lecture-at-the-hudson-institute-wednesday-may-21st/ Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:30-4:00 PM What are the sources of contemporary Muslim anti-Semitism? Are they primarily ancient or modern? What are its implications for the analysis of contemporary issues and especially the challenge of radical Islam? What liabilities…

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YIISA Now Accepting Pre-Doctoral Graduate Fellowship Applications!

YIISA Now Accepting Pre-Doctoral Graduate Fellowship Applications! Apply Now! The Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA) invites applicants to apply for two Pre-doctoral Graduate Fellowships. Fellows will be expected to be in full-time residence during the academic…

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‘Elitist’ Leadership Alienating U.S. Jews, Says Prominent Sociologist

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/984209.html The perception that the American Jewish leadership is “elitist, parochial, self-serving and resistant to innovation,” is fueling a decline in Jewish communal participation in the U.S., a leading sociologist said this week. In a policy paper prepared ahead of…

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Jordanian Professor Recommends Nuclear Suicide Bombers

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126194 (IsraelNN.com) Jordanian University lecturer Ibrahim Alloush recommended on Al-Jazeera television this week that suicide bombers be equipped with small nuclear bombs. According to a transcript provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Dr. Alloush said, “Whoever managed…

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