Tag: Campus Antisemitism
Report shows uptick in anti-Israel activity on American college campuses
Anti-Israel activity on college campuses in the United States increased during the 2018-19 academic year, according to an Israel on Campus Coalition report that shows there was a record number of anti-Israel disruptions at pro-Israel campus...
Report: Pro-Palestinian group ‘is main driver of Jew-hatred on campus’
A report released on Wednesday argued that the pro-Palestinian student group National Students for Justice in Palestine is a “ main driver of Jew-hatred on campus” at many colleges.
The Institute for the Study of...
Pro-Israel and watchdog groups expose support for anti-Semitic violence within SJP
Pro-Israel and watchdog groups are raising the alarm on the upcoming National Students for Justice in Palestine conference at the University of Minnesota beginning on Nov. 1. It comes amid growing concern of association...
BDS, anti-Semitism and class
Class has emerged as one of the most important features of global politics. Predictably, anti-Semitism and the boycott-Israel movement are enmeshed in class-based patterns of belief and behavior, though some of these patterns are...
Tufts student discovers swastika attached to door
An unidentified Jewish student at Tufts University discovered a swastika on their dorm room door on Sunday, announced the school’s president on Tuesday in an email.
“I condemn this cowardly act of hatred and ignorance,”...
Despite previous pushback, Tufts University again to offer ‘Colonizing Palestine’ course
A course on the docket again this fall at Tufts University is causing controversy even before classes begin.
“Colonizing Palestine,” offered by the Race, Colonialism and Diaspora Studies Department (RCD), “will explore the histories and...
At US Department of Education, Kenneth Marcus tackles anti-Semitism in all its varied forms
Kenneth L. Marcus was confirmed last summer by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education following a contentious nomination battle by Democrats and left-wing and anti-Israel groups. In...
How anti-Zionists legitimize anti-Semitism
(The following are adapted remarks by JNS editor in chief Jonathan S. Tobin, which were delivered at the U.S. Department of Justice Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism on July 15, 2019.)
It’s an honor to be...
Eighty groups urge Cal State to reprimand anti-Israel professor for ‘hateful’ Facebook posts
Eighty civil-rights, religious and education organizations on Thursday wrote to California State University (CSU) chancellor Timothy White to alert him about San Francisco State University professor Rabab Abdulhadi’s “hateful” posting and to demand that...
Is anti-Semitism becoming mainstream? Experts see alarming trend in media, campus and public life
Moderating a panel in Jerusalem this week titled “The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism: The Media, BDS and Celebrated Bigotry,” David Hazony, executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund, analyzed the issue right off the bat:...