Dozens of American colleges and universities are rejecting an academic boycott of Israeli universities recently approved by the academic American Studies Association, the nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history. And a few schools…
read moreSeeming to give credence to Orwell’s observation that “some ideas are so stupid that only an intellectual could believe them,” in early April, Boston University will be hosting a Students for Justice in Palestine-run “Right of Return Conference,” yet another…
read moreSpring’s coming. Get ready for Israeli Apartheid Week on campuses across the nation. Locally last week, Harvard University got off to an early start: the college’s Palestine Solidarity Committee placed mock eviction notices on students’ doors, warning students that…
read moreDuring Chanukah, two students defaced a Menorah at Northeastern University, and Northeastern’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) led an ugly anti-Israel/pro-Hamas rally in Copley Square. One observer noted “the virulence of the chants and messages on the placards… suggest that more sinister hatreds…
read moreTomorrow, September 11, the city of Frankfurt, Germany, is going to give American academic Judith Butler its Adorno Award of 50,000 euros, or roughly 63,000 U.S. dollars. The award is given in honor of the late Theodor Adorno, a founder…
read moreIn 1938, shortly after philosopher Martin Buber, formerly of the University of Frankfurt, came to Israel to teach at Hebrew University, a reporter asked how his Hebrew was. He replied: “Good, but not good enough to be obscure in.” The…
read more[N.B. A longer version of this piece can be found at Richard Landes’s blog here] Judith Butler’s feelings are hurt because some professors who claim they’re for “peace in the Middle East,” have criticized her and openly called on the Adorno…
read moreChancellor Charles B. ReedCalifornia State University Chancellor’s Office401 Golden ShoreLong Beach, CA 90802-4210 SUBJECT: Biased actions and writings of CSUN Provost and Interim President Harry Hellenbrand Dear Chancellor Reed: We members of the Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace…
read moreIn early May, I wrote in this space about the hidden underbelly of Israel detractor campus activity, and how our community overlooks this activity at our peril. I mentioned at the time that Israel detractors had managed to slip anti-Israel resolutions…
read moreAmericans for Peace and Tolerance has released a documentary on Northeastern’s Holocaust Awareness Week, and Charles Jacobs has published a column in the Jewish Advocate summarizing his criticisms of it. In response, Northeastern Provost Stephen Director has complained that Jacobs “cherry-picked his examples”: The present-day facts are…
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