Campus News & Climate

NGOs promote “Israeli Apartheid Week”

http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article.php?viewall=yes&id=1801 War on Want, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, Keshev, I’lam and ICAHD, (whose funders include the EU, Finnish and British governments, and NIF ), are joining a number of extremist NGOs to promote “Israeli Apartheid week.” Israeli Apartheid week (IAW)…

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Catholic University nixes lectures

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/NATION/32490051/1002/NATION By Julia Duin – Catholic University abruptly canceled an 11-part lecture series, “Building Catholic Communities,” on Monday, after the Southern Poverty Law Center complained that two of the scheduled lecturers are anti-Semites. The university released a statement yesterday saying…

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Italian Higher Education Minister Denounces Blog on ‘Jewish Lobby’ in Academe

http://chronicle.com/news/article/3911/italian-higher-education-minister-denounces-blog-on-jewish-lobby-in-academe Rome – Invoking memories of Fascism and the Nazi genocide, Italy’s higher-education minister, Fabio Mussi, on Friday denounced an online blog purporting to expose a “Jewish lobby” at Italian universities. Listing the names of 162 “Jewish instructors” whom it…

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College Students Charged With Spree of Anti-Semitic Graffiti

http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2008/02/08/college_students_charged_with_spree_of_anti_semitic_graffiti/ TRENTON, N.J. –Three college students are charged with spray-painting swastikas on statues and signs in three central New Jersey communities. Authorities say “stupidity” was the motive. The vandalism happened in East Windsor, Hightstown and Roosevelt last month. Police say…

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Mel Alexenberg, Artist and Retired Professor, Initiates Group on Facebook Seeking Aesthetic Peace Metaphor: Perhaps Art Can Succeed Where Politics Have Failed

A new Facebook group has been formed to create new metaphors for peace between Israel and its neighbors. Jews, Muslims, and Christians worldwide are joining the AESTHETIC PEACE group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7590742794 and following its accompanying blog http://aestheticpeace.blogspot.com to promote a fresh…

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