by David Gerstman
Pro-Israel Scholars Counter Move by Major US Academic Association to Boycott Israel
Pro-Israel professors are once again gearing up to prevent the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign from hijacking an upcoming academic association conference. The Academic Engagement Network (AEN) on Thursday sent a letter to Stephen...
Opposition Grows to Pro-BDS Resolution Set to Be Voted on by Major Academic Association
Academics are circulating a letter expressing opposition to a resolution supporting the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign at a major academic association's annual meeting next month, The Algemeiner has learned. The letter, which was initiated by Chad...
by Miriam Elman
Israel and the Left: Three Studies of the Crisis: (2) Jewish Voice for Peace's antisemitic Deadly Exchange campaign
Last February more than two dozen offensive posters were discovered plastered to the glass windows of the Granoff Family Hillel Center at Tufts University in Massachusetts. (Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is a Jewish campus organisation represented at over...
Mark G. Yudof, Michael Atkins and Miriam F. Elman: Williams must accept pro-Israel student group
WILLIAMSTOWN— Dear President Maud Mandel, Williams College, We write as chair of the advisory board, interim executive director, and incoming executive director,respectively, of the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), a national organization comprised of nearly 700...
by Shiri Moshe
NYU Department Boycotts Tel Aviv Campus, While Defending Ties With Abu Dhabi Campus
A department at New York University announced on Thursday that it passed a resolution of non-cooperation with the school's study abroad program in Tel Aviv, accusing it of operating "in the shadow of racial, religious, and...
Zionist Student Group Accuses UC Berkeley Middle East Center of Anti-Israel 'Indoctrination'
A Zionist student group has accused the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at the University of California, Berkeley, of displaying bias against Israel, raising concerns over its use of federal funding.
BDS Movement Targets Study Abroad, Challenges Academic Freedom
At New York University, student clubs declared a boycott of the school's Tel Aviv campus. At the University of Michigan, two professors refused to recommend students seeking to study at Tel Aviv University. On Thursday,...
The Mood Brightens: A Survey of Presidents
College presidents overwhelmingly agree that Harvard University is justified in defending its use of affirmative action in admissions -- but far fewer believe it will prevail in its lawsuit. Campus leaders largely believe Obama administration rules on...
by Ken Waltzer
How Cal faculty who support Israel boycott get it wrong
Should faculty have the academic freedom to deny academic freedom to others? That is what eight UC Berkeley faculty are now demanding with their vigorous rejection (Daily Californian, Feb. 19) of a statement issued by the 10 chancellors of...
by Jackie Miron
Miriam Elman to assume position of executive director of the Academic Engagement Network
Miriam F. Elman, associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and the inaugural Robert D. McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence, has been appointed the new...