In what should have proved to be a positive step, a group of Syracuse University (SU) students recently tried to experiment with social media in order to encourage open discussion about racism on their campus, an effort, as it were,…
read moreProfessor Diethard Pallaschke (1940-2020) Scholars for Peace in the Middle East deeply mourns the passing of Prof. Pallaschke who passed away on July 8, 2020. Prof. Pallaschke was a founding member of the SPME German Chapter which he co-founded with Matthias…
read morePHILADELPHIA, in an incident that uncomfortably recalled details of the Andrew Pessin case at ConnColl, students at Cornell University Law School have demanded the censuring of Professor William Jacobson, specifically in regard to two of his articles carried at his…
read moreWe do not know whether you signed because you are knowledgeable on the issue, or you are just trusting the colleague who encouraged you to “be one of the good guys” and sign. If you are of the latter, allow…
read moreSPME deplores the recent Faculty Council of DePaul University’s vote to censure an article by Prof. Jason Hill, advocating the Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Regardless of how one feels about Hill’s extreme policy recommendations, his treatment at the…
read moreDear Colleagues: For past two years, Africa’s top university has been entertaining the adoption of an academic boycott of Israel. The Senate recently adopted a resolution stating that, “UCT will not enter into any formal relationship with Israeli academic institutions operating…
read morePHILADELPHIA, PA March 15, 2019 – Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) strongly condemns Pitzer’s College Council decision to suspend its study abroad with the University of Haifa which was motivated by the global BDS movement. What makes…
read moreSPME wishes to congratulate the University of Michigan administration for its disciplining of Jonathan Cheney-Lippold for his unprofessional BDS actions. In particular, the documenting of bad faith in refusing only after he had tenure, the hijacking of class time for…
read moreDear President Schlissel, We are 58 religious, civil rights and education advocacy groups writing to you about an incident of grave concern to our organizations and our hundreds of thousands of members and supporters. Earlier this month a University of Michigan faculty…
read moreDear President Bollinger, We are 65 education and civil rights organizations who are writing to express our deep concern about the extraordinarily hostile climate for Jewish and pro-Israel students at Columbia University, and to offer a recommendation for addressing the…
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