Universities boycott israel

Jewish orgs. slam NGO report detailing 'Zionist attack on academic freedom'

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), American Jewish Committee (AJC), and the Academic Engagement Network (AEN) made a joint statement calling out the report.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City.
Sample Gates on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 3, 2010.

Vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel in Indiana

Indiana University’s Jewish studies program has erupted into a bitter internal feud, pitting a new interim director against faculty and students.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Leon Botstein has led Bard College since 1975.

Bard president Leon Botstein: 'Trump's campaign against colleges follows classic antisemitism'

In Botstein’s view, the government’s demands of these schools do the opposite of fighting antisemitism. “The government is playing out a classic antisemitic routine,” he said.

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
ISRAELI FLAGS are planted near the main lawn of Columbia University, to show support for the Jewish community on campus, for peaceful solutions, and to commemorate all lives lost since October 7, 2023, across from a student protest encampment in support of Palestinians, last year.

Trump admin. can bring systemic change to revive Jewish life on US college campuses - opinion

Jewish Federations across the country are advocating against antisemitism and supporting Jewish students.

|By LAUREN STEINBERG

University of California rules not to equate anti-Zionism with religious bigotry

The new statement of principles stems from concerns among Jewish students and faculty about a rise in anti-Semitism on several UC campuses in response to recent student activism in support of Israel.

MARCH 24, 2016ByREUTERS
Jewish groups at UC Berkeley campus rally against anti-Israeli events

Austrian student groups reject BDS, slam US universities

Rejection of BDS by continental student organizations is believed to the first major European opposition to the hubs of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic academic initiatives in the UK and US.

MARCH 9, 2016ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Members of the young Jewish community attend a commemoration ceremony for Holocaust victims in front of the synagogue in Vienna [File]

The Abuse of the First Amendment

MARCH 7, 2016ByBENJAMIN JAFFE
The Jerusalem Post

Pinocchio’s lies spark dispute at Columbia University’s anti-Israel week

The Pinocchio was designed by Artists 4 Israel to “draw attention to the lies of Israel Apartheid Week.”

MARCH 6, 2016ByDANIELLE ZIRI
Looking east at St Paul's Chapel of Columbia U

Anti-Israel Students Abandoning Moderation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016ByMITCHELL BARD
The Jerusalem Post

Academic Foxes Guarding the Henhouse

FEBRUARY 11, 2016ByMITCHELL BARD
The Jerusalem Post

The McCarthy Paradox

FEBRUARY 3, 2016ByMITCHELL BARD
The Jerusalem Post

Diplomatic cables reveal sharp increase in efforts to boycott Israel

Dozens of cables sent to the Foreign Ministry each month from Israel's embassies in Europe and the US paint a picture of an escalation by the international BDS movement.

FEBRUARY 2, 2016ByDANA SOMBERG/MAARIV HASHAVUA
Protesters call for boycott of Israel [file]

Jewish Students Need Confidence to Feel Safe

JANUARY 22, 2016ByMITCHELL BARD
The Jerusalem Post

How Fred Lawrence coupled with Brandeis Radio to fight Israel libel

If these headlines are some indication of the state of college campus sentiment toward Israel and Jews, I am grateful that I did not experience any of this firsthand.

JANUARY 18, 2016ByLEE NISSON
‘NOT ONCE did I feel threatened because of my Judaism and pro-Israel views on campus. Not once was I shouted down for my beliefs,’ writes the author about his experience at Brandeis.