Tag: Student Union
Look who’s in charge of protecting the Jews at CUNY
In response to public outrage over the pervasive, systemic, years-long scandal of antisemitism at CUNY, the university formed its inaugural Advisory Council on Jewish Life. At first, Chancellor Matos Rodríguez refused the demands of Jewish faculty...
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...
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...
Israel’s UK ambassador: ‘I will not be intimidated’ by pro-Palestinian protesters
Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely said on Wednesday that she would “not be intimidated” after facing angry pro-Palestinian protesters outside of a debate held at the London School of Economics.
After a...
College leaders: It’s time to stop Jew-hatred on campus
The anti-Semitism that Rose Ritch endured at the University of Southern California has been all over the media. Ritch resigned as vice president of USC’s undergraduate student government after she was harassed for months...
Florida university student senate votes to keep president with anti-Semitic history
The student senate at Florida State University voted on Thursday morning not to remove its new president, despite his past anti-Semitic posts.
The final tally was not disclosed.
Ahmad Daraldik was selected by the Florida State...
UC Davis student government passes BDS resolution, vetoed next day
The student government at the University of California, Davis, passed a resolution last week calling for the school to boycott Israel—only for it to be boycotted by the student government president.
The Associated Students of...
UC Berkeley chancellor pens letters censuring pro-Palestinian display, chaos on campus
Chancellor Carol Christ of the University of California, Berkeley, said on Tuesday that she was “deeply troubled” by the actions of pro-Palestinian students who caused a student government meeting on Feb. 3 to erupt into...