Posts Tagged: Duke University
‘Deeply Troubling’: Civil Rights Nonprofit Calls for Protections for Jewish Students
Leading civil rights nonprofit StandWithUs has written to the US Department of Education (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), calling on the agency to issue...
‘Jewish Ethnonationalist’: National Anti-Zionist Campus Group Issues Call for ‘Day of Resistance’
The National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization has called for a "Day of Resistance" on college campuses across the US, distributing propaganda aimed...
Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism Noa Tishby Speaks at Duke University
JNS.org - Noa Tishby, Israel’s inaugural special envoy for combating antisemitism and the delegitimization of Israel, is not known for holding punches. Her talk on...
‘They Are Using Us:’ Palestinian Human Rights Activist Blasts BDS Supporters At Duke University Event
The boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement hinders peace in the Middle East and keeps Palestinians down, human rights activist Bassem Eid told students at Duke...
San Diego Community College District Cancels Ceremony Over Planned Alice Walker Appearance
The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) has cancelled an investiture ceremony that was set to feature Alice Walker as keynote speaker, after a backlash...
Funding for ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ Speaker Draws Concern From Jewish Students at ASU, Duke
High-dollar honorariums that several university student governments paid to bring a controversial Palestinian activist to campus are being denounced by Jewish student groups, pointing to...
‘Finally’: Duke Student Gov’t Recognizes Pro-Israel Club After Months of Controversy
Duke University's student government voted on Wednesday to recognize Students Supporting Israel (SSI) as a registered campus club, months after it was controversially denied that...
Duke University Student Government Adopts Leading Definition of Antisemitism
The Duke Student Government (DSG) has adopted the leading definition of antisemitism, a campus newspaper reported Thursday, months after the body drew national outrage when...
Clear Antisemitism Exists at Duke University
Scrolling through the Duke Student Government (DSG) 2021-22 Legislative Agenda is a startling dip into undeniable discrimination against students who support Israel. In November, the DSG...
Duke University Hands a Big Win to Antisemites — and BDS
For the Duke University Student Government (DSG), campus pro-Israel groups, and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the last week has been tumultuous -- to...
Duke Student Government Upholds Denial of New Pro-Israel Group
The controversial veto of a pro-Israel student group at Duke University was upheld by a wide margin in a Wednesday night session of the student...
Duke University Agrees to Address Antisemitism Concerns Following Education Dept. Complaint
The US Department of Education resolved a complaint this month against Duke University, which has agreed to take several steps to address concerns over antisemitism...
Gaza Conference by Duke and University of North Carolina Sinks Academia to a New Low
I remember a time when I was proud to be on the faculty at Duke University. It was an honor to work with colleagues of...
In 2018, Duke University Press Doubles Down on Anti-Israel Bias
I have recently written a series of articles documenting anti-Israel bias, antisemitism and misleading “scholarship” at Duke University Press (DUP). At the end of 2017,...
