Tag: Campus Antisemitism
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...
Palestinian Apartheid Week as new approach to facing anti-Israel activity on campus
A pro-Israel student group is going on the offensive by tabling at multiple campuses across the United States, highlighting systemic discrimination against Jews in Palestinian-controlled territories such as the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
McGill administrators push back against student passage of Palestine Solidarity Policy
Administrators at McGill University in Montreal are demanding that the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) take “remedial action” after the passage of a Palestine Solidarity Policy earlier this week.
Saying that the policy “calls for several...
Instagram reverses ban on anti-Israel group without explanation
“We’re back”: After a four-day ban from the social-media platform, those words overlaid a picture of Within Our Lifetime (WOL) leader Nerdeen Kiswani in a March 13 Instagram post.
WOL’s detractors, who applauded Instagram’s decision...
Johnson criticizes UK universities for ‘being tolerant of anti-Semitism’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said universities in the United Kingdom have for “far too long been tolerant of casual or indeed systematic anti-Semitism.”
The prime minister made the remark on Wednesday in response to...
Jewish students convey concern over anti-Israel measures passed at two Montreal universities
Jewish students and community groups are decrying the passage this week of anti-Israel measures at two Montreal schools of higher education, Concordia University and McGill University.
“We strongly condemn discriminatory votes targeting Israel at Concordia...
Jewish students demand Virginia Tech to cancel upcoming speech by known anti-Semite
Jewish students are demanding that the administration of Virginia Tech cancel a March 23 speech by a known anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist speaker.
Steven Salaita, a former professor at the University of Illinois and the Said...
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...