Posts Tagged: Israel college campuses
I Graduated UCLA in May; But My Fight for Israel On and Off Campus Has Just Begun
It has been six months since I graduated from UCLA, and my life looks a lot different now than it did as a Bruin. The shift...
The Ethics of a ‘Good Jew’ on College Campuses Today
How does one become a “Good Jew?” What is the ideal response in the face of hatred? Should one choose silence and appeasement to avoid...
An Open Letter to University Presidents
Recent weeks have seen a surge in anti-Israel protests at universities across the US. As university leaders, you are undoubtedly facing intense pressure from various...
More Antisemitic Activity at UMass Amherst Is Not a Surprise
This Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Israel and the rest of the world commemorated the six million Jews murdered in the Shoah, anti-Israel activists thought it...
New ‘Brave’ Approach to Combating Antisemitism on College Campuses
JNS.org - A new project called “Brave” is bringing together veterans of the IDF and the US military with Jewish students to share stories, learn...
Free Speech vs. Inclusive Speech: What’s Fair Game on Campus?
While the American Civil Liberties Union’s guide to speech on campus asserts that any “restrictions on speech by public colleges and universities amount to government censorship, in...
A New Generation of Galvanized Young Jews Fight Antisemitism on Campus
JNS.org - IfNotNow (INN) has a plan. It’s determined, according to its website, to create nothing less than “a movement led by young Jews to reclaim...
Duke University and the Problem of Antisemitism
Recently, I expressed deep concern in The Algemeiner about Duke University Press (DUP)’s publication of The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability by Jasbir Puar....
The Rise of the Campus Anti-Intellectuals
JNS.org - Like bad poker players, history’s crooks and liars have an obvious tell. Since they’re trying to deceive you, they’re desperate to keep you on...
Muslim Student Tries to Silence Pro-Israel Arab Voices
JNS.org - In the latest college controversy involving Israel’s minority populations, police at the University of Minnesota arrested an unidentified woman on October 24 for disrupting a...
At UCLA, When ‘Nakba’ Fails, Switch to ‘Naksa’
Keeping up with anti-Israel buzz words is a full-time job. UCLA’s notoriously biased Center for Near East Studies recently held a conference whose title caused a double...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Jewish Problem
In late March, representatives of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student government proposed a resolution: “Social Responsibility and University Divestment from Corporate Human Rights Abuses.” The...
Have Nazis Overrun US Campuses?
I am loath to criticize other organizations that are trying to help students and combat the BDS campaign on college campuses; however, I have also felt an...
What American Universities Can Learn From the UK
Yesterday, I wrote about the outrageous decision by students at the University of London to deny Jewish students the right to define what constitutes hatred against their...
