ב-26 במאי 2026, התקיים באוניברסיטת בר-אילן, כנס מרכזי וחשוב “האקדמיה הישראלית תחת אתגר: חופש אקדמי, חרם ואחריות מוסדית”. הכנס, אשר נערך ביוזמת ועדת הסנאט למאבק בחרם האקדמי של האוניברסיטה ובשיתוף CAMERA(הוועדה לדיוק בדיווח וניתוח המזרח התיכון), עסק באחד האתגרים המשמעותיים והמורכבים ביותר שניצבים כיום בפני עולם המחקר הישראלי: תופעת החרם...
Zionists Not Welcome at University of Birmingham
Last term, the University of Birmingham offered two free screenings of Watermelon Pictures’ short film, The Encampments. The documentary chronicles the 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampments and student protests at Columbia University, where Jewish students were accosted and openly targeted. My Student Guild advertised the event as an ‘urgent’ and ‘intimate’ viewing which, to...
Antisemitism in Collegiate Debate
When I joined competitive debate, I expected to encounter controversial arguments. Debate exists to test ideas, challenge assumptions, and force participants to defend their positions under scrutiny. What I didn’t expect was for factually questionable, ideologically charged narratives about Israel to be treated as if they were beyond reproach. That’s...
KCL’s Hamas-Linked Flotilla Problem
When King’s College London publicly expressed support for Hasnain Jafer following his detention aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, it did more than respond to a developing situation involving a member of its community. It inserted itself into a political controversy that raises uncomfortable questions about the relationship between universities, student activism, and organizations accused...
The Outsourced Duty of Care
University administrators often cite high academic achievement and active Jewish societies as evidence that Jewish students are thriving. On the surface, this may look positive. But in reality, this praise often hides something much more uncomfortable: Jewish students have become so self-sufficient that universities are using our resilience as an...
How the Tyranny of Small Concessions Enables Antisemitism
A recent episode at SUNY Buffalo (UB) suggests that higher education is once again exhibiting some of its ugliest tendencies regarding Jews. In April, the local Zionist student group hosted an educational event featuring Israeli veterans sharing their stories of surviving October 7, 2023. The scene quickly devolved into chaos when more...
האמת נעדרת: כך הפכו ספריות אקדמיות למנוע להכפשת ישראל
הספרייה האקדמית נתפסה מאז ומעולם כמובלעת של שקט וחתירה אובייקטיבית אחר האמת, מקום שבו הרעש הלבן של הפוליטיקה אמור להיעצר בפתחו, לטובת מחקר נקי מהטיות. בעידן הדיגיטלי, התפקיד הזה מתגלם ב”מדריכי המחקר” (Research Guides) – אותן מפות דרכים ביבליוגרפיות שאמורות להיות כלי מכווין ומנגיש עבור הסטודנט המבקש לנווט בים של...
Protection Is Not Inclusion
Lately I have been thinking about the 2026 Super Bowl ad that raised awareness about antisemitism in schools and how much I disagree with it. While I was happy to see that the topic has risen to this level of cultural awareness, the implied solution has so far not been very effective...
