Sadly, but unsurprisingly, UNC Chapel Hill’s campus has once again been plagued with anti-Zionist and antisemitic rhetoric. UNC Chapel Hill’s SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) chapter just announced their plan to boycott yet another Israeli-related activity—this time, a free spring-break trip to Israel from March 6-15, and has released a detailed...
Tu’Bishvat: Why “Jewish Earth Day” is More Than Just Tree-Hugging
Wander into UCL’s Student Centre and it is unlikely you will anticipate the “Outstanding” rating for sustainability performance. Trained eyes may appraise the “highly durable” infrastructure or even the “efficient sanitary fittings”. However, the “ground source heat pump system” and other subterranean environmentalist features are more likely to pass unremarked....
In a World Full of Corruption and Violence, Israeli Democracy Shines Bright
Now that the dust has settled and we have had time to catch our breath, it’s time to take a moment and internalize what happened in Israel these past few weeks. Israel and its citizens have been put through the ringer. In the span of about 10 days, hundreds of terrorist rockets...
Amidst a Sea of Secularism, God Returns to Gower Street
“What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?” wondered Tertullian in the 2nd Century AD. Holy water was worlds apart from the olive groves of philosophy and academe in the Roman Empire. And indeed UCL’s ancestry, Brougham, Campbell & Robinson, echoed Tertullian in Victorian England. Jeremy Bentham envisaged UCL as an...
Are Middle Eastern Studies Biased?
Education was a field I chose to study because I wanted to teach history and other people’s narratives in an empathetic way. However, this has not been presently happening in many of America’s universities. Professors in many departments are teaching about Israel in their classrooms at campuses across America. Though,...
Jewish Students Must Stop ‘Debating’ The Hate Against Them And Start Fighting It
In retrospect, the pattern of antagonism towards Jews and Israel that became visible at Columbia University in the early 2000s and was documented in the film Columbia Unbecoming wasn’t the worst expression of hostility; it was merely the first one to attract attention to an essential truth: On college campuses, Israelis and...
Noura Erakat’s Reinterpretation of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Noura Erakat’s speech at Columbia Law School on Oct. 24 was articulate and intelligent, mirroring many students on our campus. The Palestinian American attorney and activist spoke about her new book Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, in which she examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lens of international...
What an Arab-Israeli Christian Taught me About Peace
For many years, I have discussed the prospect of peace through the eyes of Israelis and Palestinians, but never (at least, not comprehensively) from the vantage point of Israeli Arabs. They are the largest minority in Israel and loyal citizens. However, they are often marginalized by anti-Zionist voices because they...