Universities have long been one of the toughest environments for pro-Israel students. They have battled stilted curriculums when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and more recently, grappled with on-campus pressure in the face of growing BDS activity. Combined with a general uptick in anti-Semitism, including the deadly shootings in...
Enshrined Anti-Zionism at San Francisco State University and Many US Campuses
Recently, as reported by The Algemeiner, dozens of organizations petitioned the chancellor of the California State University system in response to San Francisco State University (SFSU) professor Rabab Abdulhadi’s use of the university’s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diaspora Studies (AMED) Facebook page to spread antisemitic propaganda. This concern is more than justified. As the...
How we got Here: The Normalization of Antisemitism
It used to be that the stench of antisemitism rotted the credibility of any person, institution or political party. A leprosy that was visible for all to see and avoided like the plague has become a badge of honor that is encompassed in all aspects of British society. As painful...
With Rise in Campus Antisemitism, CAMERA Conference to Train Student Activists
Boston, MA, July 24, 2019 – Students from more than 80 campuses will be in Boston from August 12-15 for a high-level training conference on how to respond to the upsurge in campus antisemitism and anti-Israel activism. The campus department for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and...
IfNotNow Proves Its Anti-Israel Bona Fides
Amid the recent eviction of a Palestinian family from the neighborhood of Silwan, East Jerusalem, the radical left-wing organization IfNotNow pleaded with their community through Twitter to “…stand against the Judaization of East Jerusalem.” Ignoring the particular history and presence of the Jewish people in that region, IfNotNow subconsciously invoked a term...
Middle East Studies at UT-Austin: Biased Professors, Politicized Classrooms
Contributed by Islamist Watch Writing Fellow for the Middle East Forum Benjamin Baird and director of academic affairs and director of Campus Watch at the Middle East Forum Winfield Myers. The University of Texas at Austin (UT) boasts a large and, at first glance, thriving Center for Middle Eastern Studies...
The Complexity of Jewish Opinions
It is no secret that young Jewish Americans are opinionated and passionate about the State of Israel. With Israel groups on college campuses and majors dedicated to studying Israel and the Middle East, it is easy to actively engage with the conversation. Jewish Americans are taking this interest further and...
Is Antisemitism Becoming Mainstream? Experts See Alarming Trend in Media, Campus and Public Life
Moderating a panel in Jerusalem this week titled “The Mainstreaming of Antisemitism: The Media, BDS and Celebrated Bigotry,” David Hazony, executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund, analyzed the issue right off the bat: “What you are seeing on [North American college] campuses is only a thin slice of the...