SJP appropriates minority struggles to further its anti-Israel agenda Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) speaks highly of its efforts to “highlight intersectional themes and struggles,” and attract “diverse and unified student activist populations” across campuses nationwide. When it comes to student recruitment, SJP chapters across the country openly appeal...
How Anti-Semitism Has Sprung Up on College Campuses
We can no longer ignore rising anti-Semitism on college campuses “I’m gonna physically fight Zionists on campus next year if someone comes to me with their ‘Israel is a democracy’ bullshit,” Hamzeh Daoud wrote on his Facebook in July 2018. He was an incoming resident director for Stanford University’s dorms....
In the Wake of Pittsburgh Tragedy, Oberlin Continues Demonization of Israel
Last Friday, Oberlin held a vigil for the eleven Jews that were murdered in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life Synagogue, as well as for two African Americans who were murdered in Kentucky while shopping for groceries. Among the sponsors of the vigil were Oberlin Jewish Voice for Peace and...
A Dangerous SJP Conference Comes to UCLA
Editor’s Note: Sign this petition to demand that UCLA adhere to its commitment to “mutual respect, equality and inclusion.” National SJP Conference–a meeting to antagonize Jews on campus There is little denying that anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are on the rise, and a 2016 study by Brandeis University has a theory...
BDS is a Denial of My Existence
Decrying Jewish self-determination is antisemitic The Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement completely undermines the dialogue and conversation necessary to even begin to unpack the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because at its basic level, it as an antisemitic attack. BDS and National Students for Justice in Palestine, its loudest proponents, do not support...
Meet ‘Joe,’ bringing objectivity to Mideast reporting in 280 characters or less
Since March, the Gazan border has played host to a series of violent demonstrations. Thousands of rioters, some of whom are armed with hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, and slingshots, regularly amass along the border. As a whole, major media outlets have failed to accurately and objectively cover the events of the...
Free Speech Does Not Include Violence
Physical violence is not protected by the First Amendment As the US Air Force C-17 left Afghan airspace, I allowed myself to relax for a brief moment. My year-long tour in Kabul, Afghanistan was over. Returning home, I thought of those fellow soldiers, including my Command Sergeant Major, who had...
Taking Anti-Semitism Seriously
Concerns of pro-Israel and Jewish students are valid and should not be dismissed I am a Zionist. Not only am I a Zionist, but I am a female, Jewish person of color and I have never felt more marginalized in my lifetime. When Zionists are boxed into the categories of...