Editor’s Note: The original post was published by the Louis. B Brandeis Center. On January 3, 2016, the newly formed group, “Oberlin Alumni Against Anti-Semitism” denounced a recent trend of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel acts on…
Topic: anti-Semitic
INFOGRAPHIC: The Numbers Behind Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
Often, the narrative is that Muslims are more persecuted than other religious groups. However, the statistics tell a different story:
UCLA Won’t Suspend Student for Anti-Semitic Social Media Comment
It is protected under the First Amendment, but it doesn’t make it right to make hateful, hurtful comments.
The Wesleyan Controversy and a Double Standard for Campus Free Speech
In what is yet more evidence that universities have become, at least where campus free speech is concerned, “islands of repression in a sea of freedom,” as Chester E. Finn Jr., a former Assistant Secretary…
UC Regents Listen to Jewish Community, Publicly Acknowledge Necessity of Addressing Antisemitism!
Regents scrap meaningless Principles Against Intolerance and form a committee to rework the language. Shana Tova! Great start to the new year! After hearing from dozens of students, faculty, alumni and Jewish groups yesterday at…
University of California Regents Criticize Proposal for Ignoring Anti-Semitism
As the College Fix reported: The regents of the University of California system on Thursday roundly criticized a proposed “Statement of Principles Against Intolerance” brought before them for ignoring the many acts of anti-Semitism on…
Anti-Semitism Condemned by California Resolution, but is it Strong Enough?
As the College Fix reported: “The California Assembly and Senate approved a resolution this week that “condemns anti-Semitic activity on University of California campuses” and “urges individual campuses to each adopt their own similar resolutions,”…
Who Should Define Anti-Semitism?
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin’s latest column on facing anti-Semitism and its rise on college campuses in America.
Censure Issued to University of Illinois after Salaita Controversy
As the College Fix noted: “…The American Association of University Professors voted to censure the University of Illinois for rescinding its job offer to Steven Salaita.” “Having already released a report in April that said…
University of California could label all BDS activity as “anti-Semitic”
The BDS movement is not a constructive one, by any stretch of the imagination, but to go this far… isn’t this a violation of free speech?