A walk around the Binghamton University campus reveals the diversity of our student population. The University’s global approach as well as its emphasis on inclusivity promotes learning beyond the formal walls of a classroom. Conversation between BU students, individuals of varying ethnic and faith backgrounds, fosters tolerance and prepares students...
Liberal Universities: The Heart of Intolerance
I go to a liberal university. A university where in the post modern world, no statement is left unquestioned. Where nothing is fact, but merely a social construction. Reality is disputed to the extent that there is no actualization of concepts, they are simply all conceptions, built up by...
Anti-Semitism at a Brooklyn College
On Wednesday, December 23, 2015, a 24 year old Jewish student was assaulted at a Brooklyn College, Medgar Evers. The student was wearing a yarmulke, spat at, and then called a “dirty Jew,” so it’s safe to say this was a clear act of Anti-Semitism. According to the police report,...
Why is anti-Semitism being excluded from anti-Oppression events at York University?
When the York University student union organized its anti-oppression programming this past October, one group was noticeably omitted from the list of oppressed groups. Events were held to raise awareness about Islamophobia, anti-black racism, consent, queerness, and disability, but not even one workshop or panel was organized to educate students...
Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories on Campus
The anti-Semitic conspiracy theories of the past – Jews are plotting to rule the world, Jews control the banks, Jews are agents of calamity and catastrophe –have found new life in the North American university campus. At the City University of New York, the “Students for Justice in Palestine” club blamed the “Zionist...
Letter to the Editor: Facts Matter
In light of a recent letter-to-the-editor published in the Oracle, I feel it is necessary to set the half-truths straight and the lies presented realized for what they are. I felt compelled to respond to Mr. Saleh’s article regarding actress Mayim Bialik and her experiences of anti-semitism in America. ...
Campuses Have Become Breeding Ground for Hate
As a new school year begins, the familiar chill of malicious, unbridled anti-Semitism is being felt by Jewish university students across the country. Today, a university student’s intellectualism and tolerance are gauged by the ferocity of his or her Israel hatred. To be a humanitarian, you must deny the humanity...
French Jews Are No Longer Safe
Contributed by CAMERA fellow David Enav Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe, and the French Republic has felt it the most. France is a country well known for its royalty, art, and pursuit of democracy. This winter, France has been synonymous with terrorism as a result of the rise...