Tag: CUNY
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...
Inside Kingsborough College’s systematic failure to protect pro-Israel Orthodox faculty, students
Professor Jeff Lax says that in his 17 years working at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, N.Y, one of his worst days was one he never expected.
He said he was blocked from leaving a...
In lawsuit, CUNY professors accuse faculty union of being ‘anti-Semitic, anti-Israel’
Six professors from the City University of New York (CUNY) claimed that the school’s faculty union is “anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish, and anti-Israel” in a civil-rights lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.
The Professional Staff Congress passed...
Zeldin calls for firing of City University of New York professor after anti-Semitic sermon
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) this week called for the firing of City University of New York (CUNY) of Professional Studies professor Mohammad Abbasi, after a video of him preaching to a congregation in New...
50 CUNY professors leave faculty union over anti-Israel resolution
A substantial number of professors from the City University of New York (CUNY) have resigned from their faculty union after it passed an anti-Israel resolution and said it would consider supporting the BDS movement.
The...
CUNY Jewish professor resigns from union, concerned about anti-Semitism within ranks
Jeffrey Lax says his nostrils are flaring. He is used to coming face to face with hate.
The 47-year-old Jewish professor of business at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, N.Y., was appalled by a recent...
Remembering Don Peretz, Jewish scholar of Palestinian refugees (1922-2017)
Dr. Don Peretz, a leading scholar of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian refugees at SUNY-Binghamton and a Jewish peace activist, died on April 29, 2017 in Mitchellville, Md. He was 94.
Long before the Israeli...