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Introduction BDS activities in November were marked by increased anti-Israel agitation on campus and harassment of Israeli diplomats and Jews. The rhetoric of ‘no two sides’ that completely excludes any pro-Israel viewpoints is gaining strength, especially on campus. Another notable…
read moreIntroduction July was characterized by fallout and pushback against various BDS statements and resolutions. Three notable trends were repeated pledges from academics at all levels to abandon ‘objectivity’ regarding Israel, the push for BDS in university and K-12 teachers’ unions,…
read moreThe debates over the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism have reached new heights, with faculty and students claiming the clauses mentioning Israel restrict free speech and the Palestinian right to attack Israel. Alternative definitions have been proposed which…
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Why are nefarious countries pouring billions of dollars in foreign funding to U.S. universities? (Graphic: Clarion Project) The Clarion Project has found that U.S. universities and colleges failed to report almost $1 billion in foreign funding between 2013 and 2018, despite the…
read moreThe vice president of Georgetown University’s Graduate Student Government, Heerak Kim, is facing calls to resign and a pending impeachment trial following an uproar over his recent social media posts. Kim is also a Republican congressional candidate in Virginia’s 8th…
read moreOn Thursday, Nov. 21, a week before Thanksgiving, 500 high school students settled into their seats in the auditorium of the Fieldston School’s main campus, which sprawls over 18 leafy, manicured acres in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, to…
read moreEven if you have never heard the term “Holocaustia,” you’ll be able to guess that it’s meant to indicate disdain for a supposedly undue pre-occupation with the systematic murder of six million Jews. The term may sound as if it…
read moreWhen the Israel Studies journal published the special edition of its Summer 2019 issue focusing on the use of language to delegitimize Israel, the issue’s guest editors were accused of seeking to shut down debate and the academic merit of their work was called…
read moreA fierce backlash was perhaps all but inevitable when a recently published special issue of the academic journal Israel Studies provided a powerful counterpoint to the incessant delegitimization of the world’s only Jewish state. Under the title “Word Crimes: Reclaiming the Language…
read moreThe field of Israel studies emerged two decades ago as a reaction against the politicization (read: anti-Israel bias) of Mideast studies departments in U.S. universities. The new field, spearheaded by the creation of Israel studies centers at Emory and American…
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