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The Organization of American Historians has established an ad hoc Committee on Academic Freedom to “investigate reports of repressive measures” affecting historians. Yet the committee identified only violations from the government or the right. Sounding more like a moveon.org blogger…
read moreMany new mutations of American anti-Semitism, and in particular its anti-Israeli forms, originate on the University campus. Much pro-Israel advocacy is carried out by new grassroots faculty groups such as Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME). SPME’s preferred…
read moreTo the Editor: In response to inquiries from both students and faculty, I feel the need to provide some background to one of the anecdotes in “Columbia Unbecoming” (“MEALAC Movie Premiers for 400,” Nov. 4). According to one of the…
read moreToday, I feel very alone, very concerned, and very sad. Concordia University has barred former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak from speaking on campus, citing a “security risk assessment” that deems hosting him too dangerous, and far too many of…
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Overview and summary A Canadian Journal of Psychiatry article on the prevalence of psychological morbidity in West Bank Palestinian Children had serious scientific errors and appeared to inappropriately use science in an attempt to further a specific political viewpoint. A…
read morehttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=109332527 1356&p=1006953079865 The 1975 UN resolution equating Zionism with racism was the opening shot in the political war to dismember Israel through what Palestinian leaders refer to as “the South African strategy.” The process has continued, most notably in the…
read morehttp://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp519.htm . • Watershed events such as the Palestinian uprising in 2000 created major new challenges to the American Jewish leadership. Other mega-events such as September 11, 2001, and the war in Iraq also heavily influenced their environment. . •…
read moreDear Prof. Bloom,In the first paragraph of your response to my inquiry, you wrote “I have examined the issues, namely: the relation of IHLRI to the mission of the Program, the procedures and scope of input into IHLRI content, and…
read moreNEW YORK, May 19 (JTA) – The belief that students are the main instigators of anti-Israel activity on college campuses is wrong – it’s actually the faculty. At least, that’s the premise of a soon-to-be released report by the Israel…
read moreColumbia University released last week the list of donors it solicited to create the Edward Said Professorship on Modern Arab Studies and Literature. On the list were a number of individuals, and even a foreign government, that actively preach hatred…
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