Vandalism at UCLA strikes the Jewish student body president, where a mezuzah was taken from the doorpost. A mezuzah is placed on the door post and is filled with sacred Jewish prayer text, symbolizing one’s Jewish identity and pride.
Topic: anti-Semitism
South Carolina Moves To Protect Students from Anti-Semitism
The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill, now headed for the SC Senate with support from the governor, designed to protect students from anti-semitic acts.
Rutgers Investigating Professor’s Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts
Professor Michael Chikindas’s allegedly anti-Semitic social media posts are being investigated for potentially violating Rutgers University’s anti-discrimination policies.
Pro-Palestinian Student Group is Fine with Violence
A pro-Palestinian group said that they’re fine with advocating for violence, when necessary.
Chapman University Student Government Passed Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism
An eighth university, Chapman University, voted to condemn anti-Semitism and adopted the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism.
Anti-Semitism on Campus 2017
A new report said that at the 113 U.S. schools that Jews were most likely to attend, anti-Semitic incidents went up 40% from 2015 to 2016.
Angela Davis Speaks at DC University, Speaks of Israel and America as “Settler Colonial Nation[s]”
Angela Davis, a former Communist Party USA leader and Black Panther, as well as a former member of FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted, recently spoke at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Her speech, entitled…
Brandeis Center Applauds South Carolina Legislature Bill to Combat Anti-Semitism
From the Louis Brandeis Center press release: Washington, D.C., March 9 – Kenneth L. Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law made the following statement today commending the South Carolina House of…
It’s time for UC Regents to implement principles against intolerance they adopted
Editor’s Note: This op-ed was originally published at The Mercury News. In our nation today, we are witnessing an unprecedented unwillingness to accept, or merely recognize and respect, beliefs or behavior that differ from our own. It…
Campus Anti-Semitism: The Year in Review
Editor’s Note: The following post was published by the Louis B. Brandeis Center in their email newsletter. This has been an extraordinarily eventful year in the campaign against campus antisemitism, especially from our perspective at…
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Fact-Checking History’s First Draft
Journalism, the old cliché goes, is the first draft of history. Unfortunately, it rarely gets through rewrites before it hits the classroom. Yesterday’s headlines often look a bit silly when viewed through a microfiche, and…
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Before you find him on offer as a university speaker or course, you may want to read the meticulously documented story of Cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal by former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn.
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