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Cancel culture and free speech. Credit: Lightspring/Shutterstock.

Cancel culture isn’t just for academics anymore

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For a lot of people, the phrase “cancel culture” is still a theoretical concept. They know it refers to people being punished in various ways for saying things others don’t want to hear, but...
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Alice Walker and the Jews, again

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When the San Diego Community College District announced that Alice Walker would be the keynote speaker for the new chancellor’s installation, immediate protests followed. Various Jewish organizations criticized the invitation and The San Diego Union-Tribune reported...
Ambassador Yossi Gal, vice president for advancement and external relations at Hebrew University (left) and president of Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University Hicham El Habti, March 30, 2022. Credit: Yossi Zamir/Hebrew University.

Senior Moroccan academic delegation visits Hebrew U, student exchanges to follow

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Israel’s academic cooperation with Morocco hit a high point this week with the visit of a senior delegation from Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Seeking to establish a...
A BDS movement protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via Wikimedia Commons.

Academic watchdog groups blast MESA for adoption of BDS resolution against Israel

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Academic watchdog groups expressed disapproval on Wednesday at the adoption of a BDS resolution against Israel by members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), based in the United States. In an electronic vote from...
Supporters of the BDS movement against Israel. Photo by Alex Christy/Flickr.

Study shows pro-BDS faculty members contribute to campus anti-Semitism

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A new study by the watchdog group AMCHA Initiative revealed that university faculty members who endorse an academic boycott of Israel are directly contributing to the anti-Semitic activity taking place on their campuses. The study, titled...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Israel’s Younes and Suraya Nazarian Library of the University of Haifa and the UAE’s National Library and Archives on March 10, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

UAE, Israel sign academic cooperation agreement in another move to enrich ties

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Academic institutions in Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed their first agreement to date for academic cooperation, further strengthening ties between the two countries, reported The Jerusalem Post. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on March...

Jerusalem college to launch Israel’s first nursing master’s degree in English

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The Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) announced that the Israeli Council for Higher Education has approved plans to open Israel’s first English-language Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree, which will expand upon the...

Up for auction: Letter by Einstein about brewing ‘anti-Semitism’ in US academia

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The Kedem Auction House in Israel will begin auctioning a handwritten letter by world-renowned physicist and mathematician Albert Einstein this week in which he warns his friend about anti-Semitism in American academia prior to World War...
A panel discussing the “Dream Palaces: Twenty Years After 9/11; The Legacy of Dr. Fouad Ajami” featuring Professor Russell Berman, Col Joel Rayburn, Professor Franck Salameh, Michelle Ajami and Asaf Romirowsky. Source: Facebook.

Facing anti-Israel and left-wing ideology, Mideast academics chew over challenges in field

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For attendees, the annual conference of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) represented a bulwark against the academic elitism and suppression of divergent ideas in their field. Coming...
Erich Isaac, seated in jeep (front left) during the War of Independence, 1948. Credit: Isaac Family.

Erich Isaac, 93, fighter for Israel’s independence, Zionist activist, prominent geographer

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One of the last of the Jewish Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (Lehi) and first chairman of Americans for A Safe Israel (AFSI) passed away on Nov. 5. He was 93 years old. Dr....