Sheldon Adelson, a major GOP donor, is giving money to help organize anti-BDS (the divestment from Israel) movement on college campuses.
Topic: Israel
Professor, who helped create Common Core Curriculum, has Lesson that Supports Hamas
Not encouraging and another reason to not trust Common Core: “A “Whose Jerusalem?” workshop created by a Boston University professor that’s been taught in many high schools in recent years and was added to the Common Core-approved national…
Anti-Semitism on Campus 2015
It’s sad that we have to do an annual recap on this topic. It’s even sadder that we could do more frequent updates. The Amcha Intiative at the University of California, led by the estimable…
David Petraeus said Boycott Israel Movement (BDS) a Strategic Threat to Israel
Petraeus’ issues aside, he may be right about how the BDS movement and how it threatens Israel’s security. The BDS movement, which pushes for boycotting Israeli assets from American universities, is very anti-Israel and possibly…
BDS Movement Flops at Bowdoin College
As The College Fix said: “If you can’t convince Bowdoin College students, who can you convince?” “William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has a good analysis of how an “unprecedented all-student referendum” on a proposed “full academic…
Illinois to be Censured for Ousting Anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita
The University of Illinois will be censured for firing Steven Salaita, who had left his previous job at Virginia Tech to work at Illinois. But, his comments about Gaza and Israel (like the one below)…
54% of Jewish Students Saw Anti-Semitic Incidents at UCSB
At UC-Santa Barbara, at least 54% of self-identifying Jewish students said they saw anti-Semitic behavior on their campus. Disturbing.
Anti-Semitic Graffiti, including Swastikas, Spray-Painted at a Stanford Frat
The act of vandalism will be labeled a hate crime, and some wonder if it’s the backlash from the contentious divestment push at the northern California university. And, it came after a Jewish student was…
Muslim Students Upset at Horowitz Speech that Blasted Hamas, Hezbollah
You know, Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organizations, so why be offended? It’s because David Horowitz said pro-Palestinian and pro-Arab student groups have ties to terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah, which student groups vehemently…
Stanford Student May Have Been Discriminated Against for Being a Jew
Sad, but possibly true. Here’s what The College Fix reported: “The Stanford Review has come out with an investigative report that details how a student running for a campus senate position may have been passed over for…