Tag: anti-Semitism on Campuses
University of Winnipeg apologizes for ‘anti-Semitic statements’ at campus event
The University of Winnipeg in Canada apologized for “anti-Semitic statements” made during a campus event on Jerusalem back in February.
A university committee determined “that certain statements made at the event could be considered anti‐Semitic” under...
French minister ‘totally mobilized’ against anti-Semitic acts in universities
France’s Higher Education Minister Frédérique Vidal brought together key players in the fight against racism and anti-Semitism following the proliferation of tags, graffiti and anti-Semitic expressions in recent weeks in several institutions of higher...
Israelis at Columbia University blast administration for ignoring anti-Semitism
Israeli students at Columbia University in New York City are outraged at the university administration for failing to respond to reports of anti-Israel and anti-Zionist incidents by pro-Palestinian students and groups on campus.
The Columbia...
Ignore the boycotters, and experience Israel for yourself
This week, news broke that John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor in the University of Michigan’s American Culture department, refused to write a letter of recommendation for a student who is seeking to study abroad...
![By Kevin Jenco (Frustration and anger) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/800px-2017_Berkeley_protests-324x235.jpg "US government’s important new stand against campus anti-Semitism")
US government’s important new stand against campus anti-Semitism
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently delivered welcome news for Jewish students. OCR reopened a student-backed civil-rights case brought by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) against Rutgers University.
Importantly, in deciding to...
Lawfare Project launches initiative to protect campus Jewish communities
The Lawfare Project, a nonprofit human and civil-rights litigation and advocacy group, announced a new initiative on Thursday to protect the civil rights of the Jewish and pro-Israel community on college campuses nationwide.
“Anti-Semitism and...
Professor’s book accusing Israel of purposely harming Palestinians wins prize
A book accusing Israel of maiming Palestinians to assert control over them won an accolade from the National Women’s Studies Association.
The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability, authored by controversial Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar,...
Crisis on campus: A new generation of galvanized young Jews learns how to fight...
IfNotNow has a plan. It’s determined, according to its website, to create nothing less than “a movement led by young Jews to reclaim the mantle of Jewish leadership from the out-of-touch establishment.” Or, more...
UCLA’s tango with hate and anti-Semitism
Students for Justice in Palestine will host its annual national conference in November at the University of California, Los Angeles. Despite the notoriously anti-Semitic rhetoric used by this group, UCLA will be directly facilitating...
New course at Tufts University advances Palestinian narrative, while shelving the Jews
A new course on the docket this fall at Tufts University outside Boston has caused a bit of blowback even before students enter the classroom.
Titled “Colonizing Palestine,” it’s being offered by the Colonialism Studies...