In April, 2013, the student government at the University of California-Irvine (UCI) approved a resolution condemning a faculty member, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, at the University of California-Santa Cruz for allegedly making hateful and inflammatory comments about the Muslim Student Association. In her…
read moreWhen I first heard that McGill University, my university, was awarding Professor Judith Butler an honorary doctorate, I winced, quietly. Butler is a caustic critic of Israel, with a blind spot for terrorist totalitarians. Nevertheless, I acknowledge that she is…
read moreThe Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s biggest success is rooted in its ‘soft power.’ The ability to influence behavior through values, policies, institutions and culture, as opposed to ‘hard’ or coercive power exercised through military or economic pressures, plays…
read moreUniversities must be careful in the awarding of honorary doctorates. What seems like a safe choice at the time can come back to haunt a university later. Sometimes even five minutes later. McGill University will be awarding philosopher and gender…
read moreIn May 2013, the Church of Scotland issued a document titled The Inheritance of Abraham? A Report on the ‘promised land’.[1] This text, which was a follow up to another paper on the same subject, Theology of Land and Covenant,…
read moreSince 2007, I have actively participated in all three global forums held in Jerusalem to combat anti- Semitism. These are undoubtedly important and necessary gatherings which enable a wide variety of concerned, professional and committed people from around the world…
read moreA report presented to members of Congress on Tuesday by Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor shows that US Government funding of several political NGOs in the Palestinian Authority and Israel contradicts US policy, has a negative impact on the peace process, and lacks the independent oversight…
read morePublication of the Report of the Government Review Committee Regarding the France 2 Al-Durrah Report, its Consequences and Implications The Government Review Committee: “The France 2 report’s central claims and accusations had no basis in the material which the…
read moreDeborah (Dvora) is the only woman judge mentioned in the Bible. She embodies the fighting women of the ancient world, warrior women who became victorious despite great odds and the initial reluctance of their men to go into battle. Deborah…
read moreCountless words have been written in the past week about British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking’s decision to cancel his participation in the upcoming Israeli Presidential Conference on the biggest issues facing humanity. While many have asked whether an academic boycott…
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