Posts Tagged: academic boycotts
The Moral Incoherence of an Academic Boycott Against Israel
JNS.org - Seeming to give credence to George Orwell’s wry observation that “there are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them,”...
At Haifa University, Pitzer College President Reaffirms Opposition to Israel Boycott, Support of Academic Freedom
The president of Pitzer College in California on Tuesday reaffirmed his opposition to academic boycotts while visiting the University of Haifa -- the same institution that...
Northwestern Affirms ‘Unequivocal’ Rejection of BDS After Incoming Professor Endorses Anti-Zionist Campaign
The president and provost of Northwestern University in Illinois affirmed that the school "unequivocally rejects" the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel,...
Head of NYU Tel Aviv Rejects ‘Inappropriate, Non-Collegial Attack’ After Department Votes to Boycott Israel Program
A pledge of non-cooperation with New York University's Tel Aviv campus, announced last week by the school's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, has been condemned...
University of Michigan Faces Criticism From Jewish Groups and Israeli Minister After 2 Students Denied Recommendations by Anti-Israel Instructors, Netanyahu Compared to Hitler
The University of Michigan has faced a flurry of criticism from American Jewish groups and an Israeli cabinet minister, after two students were denied letters of...
New Study Exposes How Faculty Support of Israel Boycotts Intensifies Antisemitism on Campuses
Effort by faculty members to promote academic boycotts of Israel in American universities pose a serious threat to the wellbeing of Jewish students, and raise...
The Intellectual Hypocrisy of Anti-Israel Academic Boycotts
Among the many examples of the shameful degradation of values in academia, few are more intellectually grotesque than academic boycotts. And these boycotts, in their present form,...
Wrong on Both Counts: Academic Boycotts and Israel
Statements rejecting calls for an academic boycott of Israel, such as that recently resolved by the academic American Studies Association, generally resort fully only to...
One-Sided BDS Roundtable Scheduled for Modern Language Association Confab
JNS.org - As part of its 129th annual convention from Jan. 9-12 in Chicago, the Modern Language Association (MLA) is holding a roundtable discussion titled "Academic...
Israel and the Disparity Between Academia and Commerce
Members of the American Studies Association announced Monday that they had voted by a margin of 2:1 in favor of boycotting Israeli academic institutions to...
Academic Boycott of Israel Will Not Bring Peace
In 1915, John Dewey of Columbia University and Arthur Lovejoy of Johns Hopkins University came together with other educators to establish the American Association of...
