Tag Archives: academia

Antisemitism on British campuses from both student and teachers’ unions

Posted on 31 May 2016 by

(A slightly edited version of this article was first published in the Algemeiner.) Antisemitism on British campuses recently became entangled with the scandal of antisemitism in the Labour Party, to the extent that even the non-Jewish student chairman of the … Continue reading →

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More Campus antisemitism, this time in UC-Davis

Posted on 13 March 2016 by

In yet another supremely depressing incident of campus antisemitism – and no, I’m not going to cloak this phenomenon in the guise of “anti-Zionism” – Israeli diplomat George Deek, who is himself a Christian Arab, was shouted down at the … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: A Beginner’s Guide to Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS), Part 3: Fighting BDS

Posted on 8 March 2016 by

This is another Guest Post by frequent contributor and reader Brian Goldfarb.  Over the last few months Brian wrote part 1 and part 2 of his Beginner’s Guide to BDS series, and this is the third part. Brian writes: As … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 4 March 2016 by

There are days, even weeks, when I feel so depressed by our situation – and I’m not talking only of the physical terror war against us but also, almost more importantly, of the propaganda war against Israel and the Jews … Continue reading →

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Antisemitism at Oxford University leads to resignation of student leader

Posted on 17 February 2016 by

Barely a month ago I reported on the anti-Israel riot that took place at Kings College in London when Israeli peace activist Ami Ayalon came to deliver a talk . Sadly, despite the good news in my previous post about … Continue reading →

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The ugly side of BDS – and the even uglier ugly side

Posted on 1 December 2015 by

Words fail me. Whenever you think the Israel-haters and those who would boycott us and want to destroy us, including the BDS movement and its fellow-travellers, could not sink any lower, they start to dig. The following Facebook post (referenced … Continue reading →

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