Of late we have witnessed a new methodology used to suppress those who speak out against anti- Semitism in academia. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, a Hebrew lecturer at UC Santa Cruz, and Ronnie Fraser, a lecturer in mathematics in London, have respectively…
read moreLONDON – The UK is already known as a hub for the delegitimization of Israel, but the situation is about to worsen. According to Ronnie Fraser, there is likely to be an upturn in anti-Israel activity on university campuses and…
read moreIn what has nearly become a perverse, recurring rite of spring, and yet more evidence that universities have become, as Abigail Thernstrom has described them, “islands of repression in a sea of freedom,” the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI), which…
read moreThis is an extended version of a piece that first appeared on the Engage website ‘When someone is honestly 55% right, that’s very good and there’s no use wrangling. And if someone is 60% right, it’s wonderful, it’s great luck,…
read moreThe University of California, Riverside student government recently rescinded its student senate resolution that urged the University of California (UC) system to divest from Israel. After having passed similar resolutions in other UC campuses (UC Irvine and recently in UC…
read moreFor 65 years, Israel has been the target of an intense political and ideological attack, in parallel to the shooting war, with the objective of isolating and delegitimising the Jewish state. In its current version, the main weapons include exploitation…
read moreA blog entry on the Religion News Service website by a North Carolina University professor has prompted a strong response from Jewish bloggers. Omid Safi, professor of Islamic Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, first accuses Israel of…
read moreWhen editors of The Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, a scholarly publication from the Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School, decided to bestow this year’s International Advocate for Peace award on former President Jimmy Carter, they sought to honor his decades as a mediator…
read moreAfter much debate that brought the passions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts to campus, UC Riverside‘s student government has reversed itself and revoked a prior resolution that urged the UC system to divest from companies that have contracts with Israel‘s military. The student…
read moreA failed legal challenge to the anti-Israeli policies of Britain’s lecturers’ union has divided opinion as community activists try to grapple with the repercussions. An employment tribunal last week dismissed a claim of harassment against the University College Union (UCU)…
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