As The College Fix reported, Jewish groups on UC-Davis’s campus are asking for an investigation into a leading divestment-from-Israel student for her possible role in vandalizing a Jewish fraternity house.
Topic: anti-Semitism
CAIR Meddling in Academia
It’s not hard to find out who sets the terms of debate and parameters of discussion concerning the Middle East on American campuses today. As we have reported, our friend Tammi Rossman-Benjamin’s Amcha Initiative at…
UCLA Student denied Membership in Student Body because she’s Jewish
Anti-Semitism is rearing its ugly head yet again, but it isn’t a new thing for the University of California system in light of recent divestment-from-Israel votes.
Hamas on Campus at UC-Davis
Chants of “Allahu Akbar” broke out while Jewish students were protesting the divestment-from-Israel vote among students. Real classy, no, not at all.
Salaita goes after Illinois Donors in post-firing controversy
Steven Salaita, who did not get tenure at the University of Illinois for anti-Semitic remarks, is now suing the university’s donors for encouraging the university not to hire him.
Programmers at CNES saw no reason to counter Israel criticism
After the holidays, when Congress prepares to reauthorize Title VI of the Higher Education Act, legislators should take a cold, hard look at the case of UCLA’s Center for Near East Studies (CNES), a recipient…
Anti-Semitism in Action
When faced with a choice between confronting two evils, elites—particularly academic ones—usually focus on the less prevalent one. “In April, the Fifth Annual Conference on Islamophobia was held at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Law School, organized…
MESA Culpa
Accuracy in Academia has proudly joined a distinguished cadre questioning the federal funding of biased Middle East studies programs in American universities and colleges, and academic elites in those programs don’t like it one bit….
Groups to Congress: No Taxpayer Funds for Biased, Politicized Middle East Studies
This morning several national organizations, including the Louis D. Brandeis Center, are issuing the following statement on reform of Middle East Studies programs, many of which have become highly politicized sources of anti-Israel propaganda: …
After Gaza conflict, preparing for a potentially stormy year for Israel on campus
This summer’s 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which has come to a close if a cease-fire reached last week holds, has spurred a sharp rise in both anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incidents around…