This past Thursday I had the pleasure to meet, greet and address nearly 300 faculty colleagues at a reception arranged by the Philadelphia Jewish Community Relations Council of Philadelphia which was co-hosted by the Israeli Consul General of Philadelphia. I…
read moreNo Peace from the Jewish Voice for Peace Norman L. Cantor Distinguished Professor of Law, EmeritusJustice Nathan Jacobs Scholar, EmeritusRutgers University School of Law, Newark A couple of months ago, I signed up for the newsletter of the Jewish Voice…
read moreProfessor Richard Landes, a member of the SPME Board of Directors from Boston University who blogs at Aegean Stables and Former SPME Board member, Gerald Steinberg, of the Political Science Department at Bar-Ilan University who heads the NGO-Monitor group have…
read moreAcademics Against Israel and the Jews THE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE The publication two years ago of Academics Against Israel and the Jews, edited by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, has drawn a lot of attention. The book is now…
read moreThis Spring, the SPME leadership has seen a rise in calls from SPME network participants to “do something” about the increased presence of aggressive anti-Israelism, anti-Semitism, hate speech and incitement on college campuses. From all accounts by organizations that monitor…
read moreConsulate General of Israel in New York The Department of Academic Affairs is pleasedto announce these upcoming events for March 2009 Monday, MAR 23, 200912:00 p.m.&4:30 p.m. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ Princeton: Women in Israeli Cinema March 23, 12:00 p.m. –…
read moreWith the announcements on 1.15.09 of the US State Department of the Travel Alert to Israel, West Bank and Gaza, a number of colleges and universities have suspended study abroad opportunities for students and faculty. Among them are, to date,…
read morehttp://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/38587642.html The practice of universities acting in loco parentis – protecting students in place of parents – was long ago dismissed as inappropriate. So it was surprising to see the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Duke and a handful of other…
read moreReleased on the evening of January 28, 2009 as a reaction to events in the University of California system, University of Toronto, McGill University and with the withdrawal of study in Israel programs at the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers and…
read morehttp://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20090117_Mideast_strife_hits_study_abroad.html Concerned about increasing violence in the Gaza Strip, the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University have pulled back on study-abroad programs in Israel and the West Bank. Penn’s nursing program has postponed sending five students to Israel, and likely…
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