On January 11, 2022, the McGill Tribune published a staunchly anti-Zionist exposé written by senior managing editor Maya Abuali. Her premise rests on the two-pronged belief that Jewish people are not indigenous to the Levant and that Zionism is inherently racist. Unsurprisingly, she cherry-picks facts and relies heavily on uncited...
UChicago SJP’s Assault On Academic Freedom
Last month, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Chicago (SJP UChicago) took to social media to launch an aggressive anti-Israel campaign that targeted academic freedom at the university. The SJP’s divisive statement read, “DON’T TAKE SH*TTY ZIONIST CLASSES” and urged students to boycott courses about Israel, arguing...
‘You have a home’: Hen Mazzig’s Activism is one of Nuance, Depth and Truth
In November, students at the University of Miami attended an enlightening conversation with Mizrahi activist Hen Mazzig about the experiences of Mizrahi Jews and their connection to the State of Israel. In 1941, Hen’s Iraqi grandparents survived a series of Nazi-inspired pogroms against the Jews of Baghdad known as the...
DC Public Library Denies Request by Infamous Hate Group to Spread Propaganda
On February 25th, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) promoted “Confronting Zionism,” an in-person event to be held at the Cleveland Park Library, a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), on Saturday, March 5th. PYM members planned to discuss “What Zionism is, its effects at the transnational and...
Press Release: CAMERA On Campus Inaugurates Second Annual Campaign Exposing “Israel Apartheid Week”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting & Analysis March 7th, 2022 BOSTON, March 7th, 2022 – Each spring, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) chapters, and Palestinian Societies on university campuses around the world host “Israel Apartheid Week” (IAW), a...
Why I think the UCL Students’ Union has Anti-Israel bias
As a Jew, I am increasingly alarmed by the atmosphere at UCL, especially since both the Students’ Union and the academic board attempted to scrap the IHRA definition of antisemitism in February 2021- dismissing anti-Zionism as a form of antisemitism. To read Abigail’s full-length article, follow this link. Please note:...
A Story of Persian Jewish Resilience
I am a Persian Jew. My family fled Iran in the midst of the Islamic revolution, a violent uprising led by Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious extremist who threatened and later ethnically cleansed Iran of its religious minorities. My family’s story is one shared by Jews in Iran and countries across...
Anti-Israel Propaganda Sponsored By Cornell University’s Institute For Comparative Modernities
The 2020-2021 academic school year saw an all-time high of 244 reported antisemitic incidents on universities across the country, including Cornell University. As rockets rained down on Israel from the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza, students at our university faced classic antisemitic harassment, including at least one student being called...
