Palestinian activism morphs into an attack on Jewish identity, not just on Israel The campus war against Israel, now some decades old, has been unrelenting in its vicious assault against the Jewish state, led by…
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Nevada’s higher education body adopts anti-Semitism definition
The Silver State’s higher education body officially adopted a definition of anti-Semitism, in an attempt to combat rising anti-Semitism on college campuses. Local news outlet News 4 reported that the Nevada System of Higher Education…
Jews Don’t Count in Diversity and Inclusion Discussions
In 1978, the significant Regents of the University of California v. Bakke case brought the term “diversity” into the lexicon of higher education. Although the Court found that the medical school at the University of California at Davis had used…
How Universities Enable the Hijacking of Campus Free Speech When Jews are Involved
In a country where multiculturalism has a reverent following and criticism of protected minorities has essentially been criminalized as “hate speech,” it is more than ironic that on some Canadian campuses radical students have taken…
Jewish Students Counter Anti-Zionist Rhetoric at Columbia University
From The College Fix: Jewish students spoke out against anti-Israel protests at Columbia University last week, calling the activists “bigoted” and ignorant of “facts” regarding the history of Israel and Palestine. Flyers for Columbia’s version…
Texas Pre-School Teacher Removed from Class after Tweeting ‘Kill Some Jews’
From Pamela Geller: Ms. Salem, a teacher at The Children’s Courtyard in South Arlington, Texas, tweeted vicious, murderous posts from her now-disabled Twitter account. Remarks such as: “kill some Jews,” and “How many Jews died in…
British Christian “Imperialism” led to Zionism and Israel’s Creation, Professors Claim
The Modern Language Association held a panel discussion of professors who were critical of Zionism and Israel and sympathetic of the Palestinian effort to create a Palestinian state. The four professors focused on the origins…
‘Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain’: Progressive activists try to deflect blame for their own campus anti-Semitism
Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on Times of Israel. In early December, a bipartisan Congressional bill, H.R. 6421/S.10, the “Antisemitism Awareness Act,” took on a long-overdue task, namely, increasing “understanding of the parameters of…
Perverting College Coursework to Conform to Ideology
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at the Times of Israel. In April of 2012, the California Association of Scholars, a division of the National Association of Scholars, prepared a report for the University of…
Academic Freedom during Times of Political Correctness
Read Jay Schalin’s latest piece at the Pope Center on Zionists vs. ‘post-Zionists’: In 2010, a seemingly insignificant event in a far-off land caught my eye. The Israeli academic world was having a fracas over…