Tag: Students for Justice in Palestine
Academic departments need to steer clear of activism against Israel
The obsessive loathing of Israel by large swathes of academia was evident this past spring as Hamas showered Israeli population centers with more than 4,000 rockets and mortars. Instead of denouncing genocidal aggression on...
New report finds ‘disturbing’ levels of anti-Semitic activity at University of Illinois Chicago
Last week, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) welcomed students back to campus. But how welcome can the university’s Jewish population feel sharing a campus with a student group whose members have a long history...
Alumni group condemns anti-Israel comments by Rutgers University clubs
An organization representing more than 10,000 alumni around the United States has denounced a recent anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statement by Rutgers University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the group Rutgers Mutual Aid,...
Canary Mission report: Besides Israel, National SJP puts US, Canada in crosshairs
A new report from Canary Mission, an anti-Semitism watchdog group, documents how National Students for Justice in Palestine has now taken a position against the existence of the United States and Canada.
“Students for Justice in Palestine...
Following ‘incessant anti-Semitic harassment,’ Tufts student calls on university to intervene
A Jewish student at Tufts University who claims that he has been the subject months-long campaign of anti-Semitic intimidation, harassment and discrimination is calling on the university to intervene.
Max Price, a junior who is...
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...
Student collaboration award at Tufts goes to SJP chapter
The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at Tufts University on Wednesday won a student organization award.
The Student Organization Awards ceremony did not take place on campus due to the coronavirus pandemic and instead...
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...
ADL condemns Benedictine SJP member for urging Holocaust survivor to denounce Israel
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt on Tuesday condemned a member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Benedictine University for asking a Holocaust survivor last week to denounce the Israeli government’s “ethnic cleansing.”
“To...