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Brooklyn, New York, was once famous for its Dodgers. Now it is infamous for the Political Science Department of Brooklyn College that has sponsored or cosponsored symposiums, in February 2013 and in November 2013, confined to speakers who support boycott,…
read more“There is an essential paradox at the heart of the current resurgence of campus anti-Semitism. Universities should be centers of reason and tolerance, yet in the United States, they are the main source of anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism. “There are many ways…
read moreWASHINGTON – The National Council of the American Studies Association is deliberating a proposed resolution to endorse a boycott of Israeli universities, and a decision is expected before Thanksgiving, according to the executive director of the association, John F. Stephens. The council…
read moreAnalysis October saw BDS activities in full swing across the entire spectrum of economic, religious, political, academic and cultural affairs. Only in academia and the Protestant church can BDS groups claim a measure of success. In the political sphere…
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NEW BRUNSWICK — Hundreds of “eviction” notices were slid under Rutgers dorm and apartment doors the night of Oct. 6. The notices have a municipal code number in the top-right corner, including a case and warrant number. The single sheet of paper…
read moreSome 1,000 students at Rutgers New Brunswick campus woke up to an alarming eviction notice, informing the students to vacate within 3 days time or have their belongings destroyed. The Rutgers New Brunswick chapter of “Students for Justice in Palestine” (SJP) posted…
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Standing atop a mountain in the Golan Heights area of Israel, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Dean Harold J. Krent saw a scene unlike anything he had witnessed before. Overlooking the Israeli-occupied territory near Lebanon and Syria, Krent expected to…
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On June 3rd, 2013, the College of Law and Business in Ramat Gan, Israel (CLB) hosted a special reception for the deans of U.S. and Israeli law schools as well as the directors of legal clinics in Israel. The event…
read morePHILADELPHIA – May 30, 2013 Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) and the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (AAJLJ) are pleased to announce their inaugural Law Deans to Israel mission. The mission will take place from June 1st –June…
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…
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