June 4, 2020

Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace? J Street’s slogan a misnomer as left-wing “Jewish” groups harass pro-Israel students

J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami embraces Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas following his statements at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Feb. 11, 2020. Source: Screenshot. by Ethan Fine (JNS) — At the forefront of pro-Israel efforts stand […]
May 21, 2020

At GWU’s School of International Affairs, Miseducation on Israel

The campus of George Washington University. Credit: Wikimedia Commons by Mitchell Bard The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on higher education, but the damage will likely be short-term. A far greater danger is the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of academia, where […]
March 24, 2020

Columbia faculty applaud president’s opposition to student BDS resolution

by Jackson Richman (JNS) — More than 70 Columbia faculty members have signed a letter thanking university president Lee Bollinger for expressing opposition ahead of an undergraduate student referendum next month calling on the university to divest from companies doing business […]
March 10, 2020

Campaign seeks to make Tufts first U.S. university to end law enforcement learning with Israel

A Tufts University sign at the intersection of College Avenue and Professors Row on Nov. 4, 2015. Photo by Alonso Nichols/Tufts University. by Jackson Richman (JNS) — A campaign at Tufts University calls for ending the school’s police department’s (TUPD) […]
February 14, 2020

University of Illinois administration rejects student government BDS resolution

The Foellinger Auditorium at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. by JNS and Israel InSight reports The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign rejected a BDS resolution passed by the student government in the early hours on the […]
January 9, 2020

First empirical evidence shows anti-Israel faculty members promote boycotts in their classrooms

University of Michigan professor John Cheney-Lippold refused to write a letter of recommendation in 2018 for a Jewish student applying for a study-abroad program in Israel. Source: Screenshot. By Jackson Richman (JNS) — Faculty who support the academic boycott of […]
January 3, 2020

Are American taxpayer funds fueling anti-Israel indoctrination?

The “Old Well” at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Credit: Caroline Culler via Wikimedia Commons. By Zach Schildcrout (JNS) — The Middle East is one of the most complex and dynamic sectors on the planet. Almost daily, violent […]
December 22, 2019

At UCLA, students accuse terror attack survivor Kay Wilson of Islamophobia for recounting her story

From left: Dutch Parliament members Kees van der Staaij, Kay Wilson and Joël Voordewind, with Itamar Marcus (third from left), director of the Palestinian Media Watch. Marcus and Wilson spoke to the Dutch Parliament in 2018 as it discussed ways […]
December 12, 2019

Praise for Trump’s effort to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses

Anti-Semitic graffiti on The Rock at the University of Tennessee in September. As anti-Semitism grows on college campuses, with an increasing number of Jewish students feeling intimidated and harassed for their pro-Israel views, the Trump administration has taken an important […]
December 4, 2019

Amid Campus Battles, National College Republicans Unanimously Repudiate BDS Movement, Anti-Semitism

Arizona State University. Credit: Flickr. As anti-Israel forces on college campuses continue to push for boycotts of Israel and shut down Israeli — or even non-Israeli Jewish — speakers, the College Republicans National Committee sent a strong message on Nov. […]
November 30, 2019

McGill Student Government Says: Jewish and Visiting Israel? You Need to Resign Your Post

By Jordyn Wright Year after year, we have witnessed student leaders at McGill University being targeted as a result of their Jewish and pro-Israel identities. This year, that student is me. I am a Jewish second-year Science student at McGill. […]