The last four years have seen the promotion of boycott and divestment campaigns against Israel in a number of countries. There have also been verbal or even physical aggressions and discrimination against Israelis and Jews. The fact that the anti-…
read moreA Dear Colleague Letter from Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s Studies, City University of the City of New York, Author and Activist… Dear Colleagues: SPME is a unique organization whose strength lies in our identities and…
read moreAnn BrocklehurstConcordia Univerisity (Canada) Stephen E. GoldstonHebrew University Stanley HenigUniversity of Lancaster (UK) Diethard PallaschkeUniversity of Karlsruhe (Germany) Walter ReichGeorge Washington University Lili SpringerJerusalem, IL
read moreMembers of the Buffalo Jewish Community and their friends turned out in large numbers on the evening of May 17, 2006, at the Jewish Community Center to learn about the resurgence of anti-Semitism on campuses. Shocking as it is to…
read moreLast Wednesday at 7pm, the JCC, several synagogues, Buffalo’s Holocaust Resource Center, Hadassah, and the Buffalo SPME chapter co-sponsored a presentation at the JCC on “Tolerating Intolerance: Hate Speech on Campus.” The evening began with a screening of a documentary…
read morehttp://www.jcpa.org/phas/phas-gersten-f03.htm Since early 2002, a variety of attempts to boycott or discriminate against Israeli academic institutions and scholars have been undertaken in several Western countries. These include proposals such as the divestment of Israeli securities, ostracizing Israeli academics, refusal to…
read more[This piece was co-written with Judith S. Jacobson and Richard Landes] Joan Wallach Scott has recently taken a high-profile position on academic freedom and the Middle East conflict. Given her prominence in the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and…
read moreWhen Jewish parents take their children to university campuses this fall, those who have not set foot on a quad from the 1960’s through 1980’s may be in for an unpleasant surprise. It’s not that they’ll face an open barrage…
read morePhyllis Chesler, Ph.D., is the author of twelve books including her latest, The New Anti-Semitism. The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It (Jossey Bass/John Wiley). She is working on a new book and a new edition of…
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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