Tag: Campus Antisemitism
Hearing gets intense over accusations of growing anti-Semitism at CUNY schools
The New York City Council postponed an early June hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses to accommodate the schedule of the chancellor of the City University of New York.
At the rescheduled hearing on Thursday, Chancellor Felix...
British student under investigation for drawing of swastika
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston, England is investigating an incident in which a student had a swastika and a racial slur drawn on his chest during a drinking game.
“At UCLan we...
New York City Council launches investigation into anti-Semitism on college campuses
The New York City Council said it has had enough of CUNY.
Days after a council member pulled her discretionary funding for the City University of New York’s law school in response to its faculty...
When will Harvard acknowledge its entanglement with anti-Semitism?
Harvard made headlines when it set up a $100 million endowment fund to research and redress its “extensive entanglements with slavery.” While Harvard’s role in slavery ended in 1781, anti-Semitism remains embedded at Harvard...
Pro-Israel editor of ‘Harvard Crimson’ blasts editorial supporting BDS
A Jewish editor at Harvard University’s student-led newspaper The Harvard Crimson criticized a recent column in which the editorial board declared its support for the BDS movement against Israel and a free Palestine, and rejected the views of...
University of Melbourne opposes student-led motion against Israel
Officials from the University of Melbourne in Australia have condemned an “anti-Semitic motion” recently passed by the school’s student union that calls for a boycott of Israeli universities and academics.
The resolution, passed 10-6 by the...
‘Harvard Crimson’ editorial board declares support for BDS and ‘Free Palestine’
In an editorial last week, The Harvard Crimson announced its support for the BDS movement and a “free Palestine,” ending a 20-year legacy of opposition to boycotting Israel.
“In the past, our board was skeptical of the movement (if...
Jewish UConn student presses for meeting with university president about anti-Semitic bias
The clock is ticking.
A Jewish student who was the recipient of anti-Zionist slurs and anti-Semitic comments online, and was thrown out of her a cappella group, is hoping that her university president will agree to...
SJP at NYU law school defends terror, accuses Israel of ‘Zionist grip on media’
Eleven student groups signed a statement by the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at New York University School of Law that voiced support for Palestinian terrorist attacks on Israelis and touted anti-Israel conspiracy...
New report exposes SJP’s methods of intimidating Jewish students at Cornell
Canary Mission released a new report that documents and exposes Students for Justice in Palestine at Cornell University (SJP Cornell) and its efforts to “create an environment hostile for Jews on campus.”
The 25-page report highlighted the...