Tag: AMCHA Initiative
Law students at UC Berkeley declare ‘victory’ for BDS
A group of anti-Israel law students at the University of California, Berkeley, are celebrating what they are calling a “victory” on campus after convincing a number of other student groups to support the BDS...
Study shows pro-BDS faculty members contribute to campus anti-Semitism
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...
BDS-proof: Insider tips for helping students on campus feel secure and empowered
Just because most colleges and universities have been on at least a partial pandemic shut down this past year doesn’t mean that BDS forces have lost any of their vitriol.
Or that they’ve given up...
Academic review questions benefits of California ethnic-studies curriculum
Thirty-five academics have found serious methodological flaws and a significant lack of evidence in the research hailed as the rationale for developing California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, which has been accused of containing anti-Semitic material.
“We are...
New attacks on Israel and Zionism may fuel campus anti-Semitism
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from the 2020 election, anti-Semitism continued to morph and grow during 2020.
While the school year for many students consisted of online or hybrid learning, anti-Semitic and...