The problem here goes beyond the hateful rhetoric of a particular scholar; instead, this view has been encrusted into the institution’s philosophy. Columbia’s atmosphere has been marred by ugly calls for an intifada (terror attacks against Israelis), and a failure by the administration to denounce hate groups on campus. Columbia University...
Unfounded and Unrestrained: Norman Finkelstein at NYU
On Thursday, April 26, the NYU Politics Department hosted an event titled “Norman Finkelstein at NYU on the Urgent Situation in Gaza.” Finkelstein, a man who has referred to Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel as the “clown of the Holocaust” is a well-known political scientist and frequent critic...
What Israel Means to Me
President of Aggies for Israel celebrates 70th anniversary of Israel’s establishment This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Israel. On April 18, Aggies of different cultures, religions and sexual orientations will come together to celebrate this historic occasion as part of a campaign on more than 160...
Social Injustice: Segregation and Exclusion in 2018
On February 27, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) revealed that there were 1,986 antisemitic incidents reported across the United States in 2017 — representing a 57% increase from 2016. This is the most significant single-year increase on record. Furthermore, this statistic should concern any American citizen that values diversity and disdains every...
The truth behind Yachad’s misleading anti-demolition campaign
At the beginning of March, students affiliated with the Yachad UK movement started a campaign to highlight demolitions in the Palestinian villages of Area C. Among a handful of other communities, they chose to focus principally on a tiny locale called Umm al-Khair, which was one of the stops on...
VIDEO: British Students Stand up to Hate at UCL
"At this year's CAMERA Gala, the 2018 Bar-Illan Award for Outstanding Campus Activism will be awarded to Knights for Israel (KFI) from the University of Central Florida. Among other impressive accolades, the group has stood up to SJP on campus and converted anti-Israel activists into Zionists. A phenomenal CAMERA-supported group for many...
The BDS cult and the dancing Jewish students – a night at UCL
Last night, 25 Jan, Hen Mazzig returned to University College London (UCL) for a talk. Hen has uploaded his discussion with the UCL Provost on Facebook. Hen had been invited there following the disgraceful scenes that faced him upon his first visit in 2016. For those that do not remember, anti-Israel protestors...
A Jewish Obligation
I had not expected to reflect upon the Holocaust that day. My family and I were vacationing in Boston over Winter Break, following the Freedom Trail from the wharf to the South End when we stumbled across a peculiar architecture. It stood disconnected and emotionless in between the mayor’s office...