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US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

‘I Have No Campus to Go Back To’: Israeli Students Denounce US University Demonstrations

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Israeli President Isaac Herzog denounced the campus demonstrations as antisemitic and called on university administrators to take stronger action to protect Jewish students.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

More Than 1,500 Alumni, Faculty, Parents ask Yale to Do Better on Jew-Hatred

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The university must reject antisemitism, protect Jewish students and include the Jewish narrative, per a letter sent to university leaders.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Yeshivah High Schools Ask College Recruiters to Prove Campuses are Safe for Jews

By Faygie Levy Holt

“That these schools can’t call out evil and immorality, I just don’t understand,” one high school principal said.

Terrorism / News Briefs / The Knesset / On Campus / Education

Knesset Advances Bill to Ban PLO Flags on Campus

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The proposed law would ban the display of enemy flags and eject terror-supporting students from academic institutions.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Report: More than 350 Antisemitic Incidents Occurred on US College Campuses Last School Year

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The ADL’s Campus Report documented and categorized incidents such as protests and events, BDS resolutions, vandalism, harassment and physical assault

Israel / On Campus / Education

Israeli Students Abandoning 'Land of Israel Studies'

By Hanan Greenwood / Israel Hayom

"Land of Israel studies are disappearing from the academic map in Israel," says Ashkelon Academic College president.

Featured / Israeli Arabs

Israeli-Arabs Going Overseas for College Degrees and Not Coming Back

By Jewish Press News Desk

A study found that 54% of Israeli Arabs get their college degrees outside of Israel...

Israel / History / News Briefs / Religion / Archaeology

Hebrew University Archaeologists Find 12th Dead Sea Scrolls Cave

By JNi.Media

'This is one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries, and the most important in the last 60 years, in the caves of Qumran.'

Op-Eds

Remembering Joan Davenny While a University Honors Her Killers

By Stephen M. Flatow

The Hamas bombing in Jerusalem which killed four, is remembered by residents of San Francisco because it shattered one of the city’s most prominent Jewish families.

Guest Blog

Palestinian University Built Just a Few Feet From the Temple Mount

By David Mark

Al Quds University, the Palestinian University in “East” Jerusalem, opened a branch moments from the Temple Mount, site of the two destroyed Jewish Temples and holiest site to Jews around the world

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Haifa University Predicts Arrival of Jellyfish in Israel Using Sea Temperature and Lunar Cycle

By JNi.Media

Jellyfish caused a cascading blackout in the Philippines in 1999, and damaged the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California in 2008. Clogging can stop desalination plants and ship engines.

Shalom Pollack Tours

Memorial Day Speech by Former IDF Chief of Staff and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz

By Shalom Pollack

Rather than risk the "peace" with our "peace partners," Mofaz, then chief of staff, observed as the soldier bled to death-and did nothing!

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Haifa University Discovers New Psychological Disorder: Maladaptive Daydreaming

By JNi.Media

Sufferers from the disorder spend about 60% of their waking time in an imaginary world they have created, without losing contact with the real world.

Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

The Year in US On-Campus Anti-Semitism: 302 Acts at 109 Schools in 28 States

By JNi.Media

In addition, AMCHA announced a dynamic, 2016 incident tracker that will be updated in real time.

US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Texas A&M Kills $200 Million Arab University in Nazareth, Opens $6 Million Center in Haifa Instead

By JNi.Media

“To some degree it’s a chicken and an egg problem,” Texas A&M’s vice provost Michael Benedik said. “Why would we be getting a major gift to open a campus when we don’t have legal permission to even do it?”

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Minnesota Univ. Student Official Compares Group Backing Israel with KKK

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Maybe he thought those white hoods are prayer shawls although they are closer to being burkas.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Belgium University Demands Students Cancel Anti-Semitic Event

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Freedom of speech does not protect "falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater.” – U.S. Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1919.

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Video Exposes Massive and Violent Anti-Semitism on US Campuses

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

American Jewish students are providing anti-Semites with their best weapon – fear.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Lecturer: Universities Don't Protect Jewish Students

By Avi Tuchmayer

A university lecturer has called on administrators to protect Jewish students on campus

Rubin Reports

How to Turn a Campus Into an Indoctrination Center

By Barry Rubin

Georgetown was getting Arab money for teaching about the Middle East, but none of it could be used to teach about Israel.

Israel / Global / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Chinese Fund Donates $130 million to Technion

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Chinese fund, bankrolled by the country’s richest man, is donating $130 million Technion University in a joint venture between the Haifa-based university and Shantou University (STU) to build a new academic facility in Guangdong Province. The contribution from the Li Ka Shing Foundation is the largest in Technion’s history and one of the largest […]

News Briefs

YU Sex Abuse Extended beyond Boys High School

By JTA

Incidents of physical and sexual abuse at Yeshiva University were not limited to its high school for boys, an investigation has found. The investigation commissioned by the university and carried out by the New York-based law firm Sullivan & Cromwell followed reports of sexual abuse by two faculty members at Y.U.’s high school for boys […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Jewish Complaints Prompt University to Set Up Diversity Website

By JTA

Florida Atlantic University has launched a website promoting diversity following complaints from Jewish groups about activities on campus by a pro-Palestinian group. The website features a video on which faculty and students describe the Boca Raton school as diverse and open to students of all faiths. The video was created after meetings between the university […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

French-Speaking Belgian Students Join the Boycott Israel Fad

By JTA

The Federation of French-speaking Students in Belgium (FEF), a body boasting some 120,000 students in the country, has almost unanimously called for “a freezing of relations with Israeli universities.” The move was initiated by the University of  Louvain (UCL), according to Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir. The  2012 the General Assembly of the Louvain students […]

United with Israel

Monitoring Professors Who Hate and Attack their Country

By Rachel Avraham

The Israel Academia Monitor organization hosted a conference in Tel Aviv to raise awareness about anti-Israel professors who contribute to the delegitimization of Israel.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Obama Wants to Preach to Young Israelis during Visit

By JTA

President Barack Obama hopes to address young Israelis on his visit to Israel, a senior administration official said. "The president’s speech is an opportunity for him to speak directly with the Israeli people, in particular to young people, about the broad nature of the U.S.-Israeli relationship,” the official told JTA ahead of a White House […]

IDF & Security / Jewish / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Israeli Haredim Becoming Black Hat Professionals

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A new Israeli government survey sheds light on mainstream media slander of Haredim and points to a growing trend of Haredim studying law and business.

Terrorism / News Briefs

Muslims Murder Jewish Doctor in Ukraine

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Saturday morning, three Muslim murdered Jewish Professor Leon Freifeld, the Chief Orthopedist in Lviv, Ukraine.

News Briefs

Emory University Apologizes for 2 Decades of Anti-Semitism at Dental School

By JTA

Emory University issued a formal apology to Jewish dental students who attended the school between 1948 and 1961 and faced anti-Semitism. University President James Wagner delivered the apology at a special event Wednesday night that included 32 former students, now in their 70s and 80s, of the Atlanta school. The students had received failing grades, […]

Politics / News Briefs / Settlements

Government Approves Ariel University Upgrading, Despite Fierce Objection from the Left and from Barak

By Jacob Edelist

According to the Prime Minister, “Ariel is an inseparable part of the State of Israel and it will remain an inseparable part of the country in any possible future arrangement, just like all other population blocs.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Northeastern University Chaplain Encouraged Students to Support Convicted Terrorists (Video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

For the past 15 years Abdullah Faarruq was the Muslim chaplain at Northeastern University in Boston. This week, Faarruq was revealed to be an Islamic extremist who encouraged acts of violence and who has publicly supported multiple convicted terrorists. But all traces of Faarruq suddenly disappeared from the Northeastern University website just days after his ties were announced in an article, and just before a shocking and carefully sourced video was released.

Politics / News Briefs / Settlements

Right Furious over Barak's Decision Not to Decide on Ariel University

By Jewish Press Staff

Last night, Defense Minsiter Ehud Barak decided that Nitzan Allon, head of the IDF Central Command, will not sign his approval for Ariel University to be recognized as a fully accredited university. This decision brought about a very angry reaction from right wing government factions.

Jewish / News Briefs

Michigan St. Jewish Student, Police Differ on Whether Attack Was Hate Crime

By JTA

A Jewish student at Michigan State University said he was attacked at an off-campus party in what he is calling a hate crime.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Bar Ilan Breaks Rank, Quitting High Court Petition to Kill Ariel University

By Jacob Edelist

Monday night, Bar Ilan University president Professor Moshe Kaveh informed lawyers representing the committee of heads of Israeli universities that he is withdrawing Bar Ilan University from the petition to the Supreme Court to annul Ariel University's accreditation.

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / On Campus / Education

UCLA Officially Protects Promotion of Anti-Israel Boycott

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

David Delgado Shorter, a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, has been given the official green light to continue using university resources to promote the boycott of Israel. Shorter prominently features links to the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel on his official class website. The founders of the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel have openly stated that their ultimate goal is the dismantling of the Jewish State.

Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. Jackson

Agnes Keleti: The Foundation Stone Of Gymnastics In Israel

By Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson

"I felt here that I was at home," remarks Agnes Keleti about her arrival in Israel in 1957. An Israeli emissary had invited this leading Hungarian Jewish female athlete to participate in the fifth Maccabiah Games that year, and that’s when she discovered that Israel was “home.”

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

On Academia, Politics and Survival in the Middle East

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

All of the universities in Israel are political, and moreover, all of the colleges, yeshivas, hospitals, prisons, factories, homes, roads, trees - everything that we have established, built, and planted in Israel - everything, but everything, is political. The whole Zionist enterprise is a political project because it is the political and nationalistic manifestation of the desire of the Jewish people to return to its land and to renew within it its national life, its independence and its sovereignty.

News Briefs

UC-Berkeley Jewish Students File Civil Rights Complaint

By JTA

Attorneys for two Jewish UC-Berkeley graduate students alleging verbal and physical assault by Muslim students have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the university. The federal complaint alleged that “Jewish students have been subjected to a pervasive hostile environment and that the university has failed to take effective measure to cure the situation,” according […]

News Briefs / On Campus / Education

State Rejects Ariel's University Status as Peers Fear Its Success

By Jewish Press Staff

The Planning and Budgeting Committee of Israel's Council for Higher Education recommended Wednesday to defer the decision until a comprehensive evaluation is undertaken in the next year. The list of Ariel's accomplishments may be the very reason for its failure to achieve recognition by its peers in Israel.

Uncategorized

IDC Herzliya – An Innovative Approach to Success

By Jonathan Davis

In less than two decades, IDC Herzliya’s graduates have been forming a vast network of alumni throughout the world that is leaving other, much older and better established universities green with envy.

News Briefs

Gaza Question in Paris University Medical Exam Stirs Controversy, Investigation

By Jewish Press News Desk

Vincent Berger, president of Diderot University in Paris, is investigating a question “of a polemic nature” which was posed to students of the Bichat Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Agence France Presse reported. CRIF, , responded with “indignance” in a public statement on Thursday to the “scandalous” question relating to the bombing of civilians in Gaza, […]

Analysis

Endemic Mass Psychosis Strikes Universities

By Vic Rosenthal

The irrational, obsessive, unbalanced, excessive, fanatical hatred of a nation that characterizes a person like CSU-Northridge Mathematics Professor David Klein is a form of mental illness that attacks and destroys the moral sense found in a normal individual. En masse, it is a mass psychosis. In academia, it is an endemic mass psychosis.

News Briefs

CUNY: No Jewish Faculty Designation

By JTA

The City University of New York denied a report that it had created a special minority designation for Jewish faculty (see "Is CUNY Planning a Jewish Quota?"). Rather, a university spokesman told JTA, the university simply had responded to requests by Jewish faculty members to be recruited for focus groups aimed at boosting the recruitment […]

News Briefs

Texas A&M Dumps Jewish Professor Who Protested Crosses

By Jewish Press News Desk

Sissy Bradford, a criminology adjunct lecturer at Texas A&M University-San Antonio who objected to decorative crosses on a tower at the university's entrance, says she was harassed for her views, and fears for her safety. Also – she will not be asked back to teach next fall, reports the San Antonio Express-News. Bradford, who is […]

Judaism 101

A Very Bad Hair Day

By Penina Scheiner

Tina was in my kindergarten class last year. Each day Tina’s hair flew all around her. It would tumble into her eyes and she would bat at it periodically throughout the day just to see. Sometimes I’d use whatever hair accessory I had at hand - even just a rubber band - to put Tina’s hair out of her face.

On Campus

A Look Back: 2011-2012 in Campus Israel Advocacy

By Elianna Mintz, Israel Campus Beat

UN vote reactions. BDS efforts. Anti-Israel Conferences. Gilad Shalit’s release. Social media advocacy. Failed and successful collaborations.

News Briefs

Can You Cry 'Hitler' in a Crowded University? Rutgers Investigating

By JTA

Rutgers University is investigating a student-run satirical newspaper for publishing an article that praises Hitler and attributing it to a Jewish student. The Daily Medium, which receives university funding, published the false column "What About the Good Things Hitler Did?" in its April 4 edition and attributed it to Aaron Marcus. The university is investigating […]

Editorial

Stony Brook And Religious Holidays

By Editorial Board

We share the dismay many have expressed over the recently announced decision by the State University of New York to abandon a longtime practice and no longer refrain from scheduling classes on major Christian and Jewish holidays. Nothing in the nature of new facts on the ground has been offered by the university to explain the controversial move, though concerns for Muslim sensitivities were apparently behind it.

Op-Eds

Harvard Never Learns

By Stephen H. Norwood

This past weekend Harvard hosted a One-State Solution Conference, designed to promote the dissolution of Israel. It is only the latest example of that university’s longstanding practice of facilitating the spread of anti-Semitism.

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter IV

By Barbara Bensoussan

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