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As the two of us headed to the University of California, Santa Barbara to give a talk about Palestinian-Israeli peace back in 2009, we didn’t think much about it. We’re both veterans of this conflict, accustomed to the regular interactions…
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To solve a problem, you must be able to name it. We have a problem on our campuses. That problem is anti-Semitism. Many of us believed that anti-Semitism was a thing of the past. Jews being turned down for positions.…
read moreTo solve a problem, you must be able to name it. We have a problem on our campuses. That problem is anti-Semitism. Many of us believed that anti-Semitism was a thing of the past. Jews being turned down for positions.…
read moreThe University of California (UC) has recently witnessed an alarming escalation in anti-Semitic activity. The many incidents of anti-Semitism last year made repeated national headlines. And school has been back in session a mere handful of weeks and already numerous…
read moreDear Honorable Members of the University of California Board of Regents, We are 32 organizations representing hundreds of thousands of supporters who are deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of Jewish students at the University of California. In light…
read moreIntroduction As the academic semester nears the end BDS resolutions were debated at a number of campuses, with mixed results. Supporters used new tactics, including tying BDS to fossil fuel divestment, in an atmosphere of increasing antisemitic harassment. In the…
read moreWe, as Students for Justice in Palestine, are a diverse collective of UCSB students who strive to form unity, solidarity, and empowerment across differences of race, gender, sexuality, class, culture, and history. Together, we have created a community committed to…
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The following guest post is written by Elijah Granet, HonestReporting’s Blankfeld Award winner for 2014. Elijah is currently majoring in Political Science and Talmud at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. There is a disturbing trend in…
read moreAfter the holidays, when Congress prepares to reauthorize Title VI of the Higher Education Act, legislators should take a cold, hard look at the case of UCLA’s Center for Near East Studies (CNES), a recipient of millions of dollars of…
read moreIn the decade that Austro- Hungarian journalist Theodor Herzl came to Zionism, resolving that “the state of the Jews” in the world may not be remedied without a “Jewish state,” anti-Semitism had become the norm of modern life and one…
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