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A renowned American-Israel historian told The Algemeiner on Tuesday that the vote earlier this month by members of a US academic society to remove the term “non-political” from its bylaws indicates that it is preparing to pass a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions…
read moreThe Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in the city of Halle sparked international criticism because the pro-Hezbollah and allegedly antisemitic activist Norman Finkelstein is slated to hold talks on academia and Gaza on Monday and later in January. “Finkelstein…
read moreAsaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, joined Ursinus President Brock Blomberg for the discussion “Free Speech and Israel Advocacy on Campus” at Tiferet Bet Israel in Blue Bell on Dec. 7.Over the course of…
read moreIsrael has the right to determine the parameters of what it considers incitement, the head of an international network of academics told The Algemeiner this week, after the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London accused the Jewish state of “arbitrarily”…
read moreAcademic freedom on campuses in the Palestinian Authority (PA) is suppressed by a surrounding societal culture of intimidation and violence — something that anti-Israel professors in the United States have been ignoring, two scholars told The Algemeiner this week. Cary Nelson, Jubilee Professor of…
read moreIn May 2016, I was selected along with 23 other college professors from across the United States to participate in a 10-day Faculty Fellowship Institute sponsored by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). The program links scholars from diverse disciplines with…
read moreAs a minority group that has faced down centuries of anti-Semitism, the Jewish people have long stood shoulder-to-shoulder with other long-suffering and persecuted minority groups such as African-Americans. This was evident during the Civil Rights Movement when Jewish leaders stood…
read moreJNS.org – Richard Allen is not a careful, polished Jewish communal leader with a seasoned staff operating from a mid-town Manhattan office, ensconced behind a stylized logo, fortified by tax-exempt donations and burnished advisors. Allen is a private businessman. He wields…
read moreBERLIN — The German university HAWK announced on Friday that it will stop teaching a seminar on Palestinian youths, in which Israel was accused of harvesting the organs of Palestinians and termed an apartheid state. ”After days of protests, the…
read moreA German University seminar designed to teach that Israel harvests Palestinians’ organs ignited a new debate about anti-Semitism this week. There is, however, a kind of poverty to the discussion. Anti-Semitism without anti-Semites largely captures the parameters of the debate…
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