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Universities have often been the places for investigating, analyzing and debating important issues of the day. But they sometimes end up being pushed to do more than think and talk about such matters. Increasingly, administrators are being pushed to take…
read moreMay saw the deployment of new campus BDS techniques, which were temporarily thwarted by rapid responses by community and university leaders. These pushed BDS closer toward lawfare –legal and administrative means to attack Israel and its supporters. They also indicate…
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Universities have often been the places for investigating, analyzing and debating important issues of the day. But they sometimes end up being pushed to do more than think and talk about such matters. Increasingly, administrators are being pushed to…
read moreOn May 23rd, an adjunct professor, Shereen Yousuf, responded to my op-ed piece, entitled “Telling the truth about BDS.” Her vitriolic and inaccurate essay proves that some people, such as Yousuf, can’t handle the truth. And it also proves that…
read moreThe international movement to Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israel (BDS) is rooted in a big lie. Through hypocritical double standards and outright lies and deceptive machinations, it falsely demonizes and defames Israel as a pretext to denying the Jews the…
read moreAmid all the shouting (in person and online) about the academic boycott of Israel, a new effort by boycott critics seeks to broaden the discussion. They have launched a petition that opposes both the boycott of Israeli universities and also attempts to…
read moreWhat should we learn from the American Studies Association’s lopsided December 15 vote to endorse the anti-Israel boycott? Here are five takeaways: The Jewish Community Got Beat There is no question about it. The American Studies Association’s anti-Israel boycott resolution is a…
read moreThe responses to my column on the call by some academics to boycott Israeli universities in the name of academic freedom were impassioned and polarized. I was pleased to find more readers than usual on my side, but one argument favored by…
read moreOn Tuesday, I wrote about a brewing controversy that was threatening the academic freedom of Brooklyn College (see Item 7). The controversy was triggered by the sponsorship of the school’s Political Science department of an event, scheduled for 7 February, featuring two advocates…
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…
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