Miriam F. Elman
ARTICLES BY: Miriam F. Elman
Will an Anthropology Faculty Group Become a Political Tool to Boycott and Attack Israel?
At a time of rising antisemitism on campus, why is a professional academic association, headquartered in Virginia, poised to embark on a course of action...
What a New Middle East Scholars Survey Says About the Campus Climate for Jews
On January 25, 2016, Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old Italian graduate student conducting dissertation fieldwork on Egypt’s trade unions, was snatched off a street in Cairo....
BDS ‘Anti-Normalization’ Is a Mockery of Progressive Values
Anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) promoters have long tried to stake out the moral high ground -- depicting themselves as the champions of the...
The Intersectional, Antisemitic ‘Deadly Exchange’ Campaign Comes to Campus
Now in its 15th year, Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is in full swing at many university and college campuses on five continents and across the...
All Politics Is Local: How Off-Campus Anti-Israel Activists Impact Campus BDS
Back in the summer of 2009, the Atlanta, Georgia chapter of the virulently anti-Israel Quaker organization American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) launched a campaign...
Will a Shrinking Protestant Church Obsess Against Israel, Again?
According to many observers, the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- PCUSA -- is a dying denomination. In 1993, the church reportedly had 3.1 million members --...
Rutgers President Owes The Algemeiner an Apology
A phrase that likely originated as a wartime code of conduct, “shooting the messenger,” describes the act of blaming the bearer of unpleasant news. Before the era of...
Who’s Bankrolling Jewish Voice for Peace’s New Anti-Israel Campaign?
Why is a highly-regarded philanthropic organization financing a radical, anti-Israel extremist group that is now campaigning to shut down the largest and most successful Jewish...
Palestinian Propaganda Is Infiltrating US Public Schools
Six years ago, a teenager in Newton, Massachusetts -- Shiri Pagliuso -- asked her father if it was true that Israel tortures and murders women activists in the Palestinian resistance movement. Then...
BDS Harms Palestinians and Assaults Jewish Identity
Many people get their information about the Middle East from their local papers and websites, and advocates for Israel need to be heard in those...
