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AMCHA Report: Attacks on Jewish Identity Doubled on US Campuses

There were 254 attacks on Jewish identity documented on 63 campuses in the 2021-2022 academic year.

2,000 Petition University of California to Reject ‘Politically Motivated, Academically Vacuous, Harmful Proposal’

Such a curriculum would “marginalize Jewish students and fuel hatred and discrimination against the Jewish community.”

AMCHA Condemns Middle East Studies Association’s Endorsement of Academic BDS

The BDS resolution “outlines ways that the Israeli government systematically violates Palestinians’ right to education."

Study Shows Pro-BDS Faculty Members Contribute to Campus Antisemitism

Titled “Faculty Academic Boycotters: Ground Zero for Campus Antisemitism,” it explored anti-Semitic activity at universities starting from the onset of the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza last May through the end of the 2020-21 academic year.

79 Groups Urge Virginia Tech to Protect Jewish Students after Graduate Senate Approves Pro-BDS...

Virginia Tech’s Graduate and Professional Student Senate members implement the academic boycott on campus and in their own classrooms.

AMCHA Denounces California Governor’s Signing of Ethnic Studies Bill

“This bill could and should have been stopped at the legislative level and must not be forced on the Jewish community to fight in each of California’s 1,300 school districts.

Erasing Years of Work, California Bill Revives Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Rossman-Benjamin was the first to expose how the discipline of Critical Ethnic Studies is deeply antisemitic and anti-Zionist.

Groups Ask California Appropriations Committee Not to Waste Millions on Dangerous Ethnic Studies Requirement

A comprehensive analysis of the support of more than 100 university scholars and academics found the claims are wholly unsubstantiated.

AMCHA Director Testifies Against California’s Ethnic Studies Bill

The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum in stark contrast to what legislators intended when they approved the bill.

Jewish Group Denounces California’s Capitulation to Hate-Driven Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Most profoundly concerning for the Jewish community is the portrayal of Jews, filtered through the lens of Critical Ethnic Studies, as ‘white’ and ‘privileged’.

100+ California Scholars Expose New Round of False Claims by Sponsors of Ethnic Studies

“This entire process goes to the heart of what is wrong with Critical Ethnic Studies.”

Illinois U, Jewish Groups, Issue Joint Statement on Combating Anti-Semitism

"Anti-Semitic acts and expressions are all too common in our country and in our world, and examples of that intolerance have occurred at this university as well."

90 Groups Urge California Gov. Newsom to Kill Ethnic Studies Program Pushing BDS

Anti-Zionism and BDS intrinsic part of ‘Critical’ ethnic studies mission.

California Schools Embrace ‘Offensive’ Ethnic Studies Curriculum Condemned by Governor Newsom

“School board members asked to vote on the resolution are not shown the original draft curriculum, and not informed about the enormous outpouring of criticism it engendered or that a CDE process is well underway for the curriculum’s redesign."

As On-Campus Denial of Anti-Zionism as Anti-Semitism Surges, So Do Attacks on Jewish Students

For the second year in a row, US campuses have experienced a significant decline in classic anti-Semitic harassment (down 49%) and a significant increase in Israel-related incidents (up 60%).

Study Finds Clear Evidence Faculty in 40 Universities Use Classroom to Promote BDS

Academic BDS-supporting instructors had an average of 78% of their course readings authored by BDS supporters.

Following Monsey Attack, Congress Members to Help Synagogues, Nonprofits Apply for NSGP Funding

Grants of up to $100,000 each to nonprofits at risk of terrorist attacks can go towards improving building security by acquiring and installing items ranging from fences, lighting and video surveillance to metal detectors and blast-resistant doors, locks and windows.

84 Groups Challenge Umass’ Lending Its Name to Anti-Israel Events

Same UMass Dept. that sponsored Roger Waters, Linda Sarsour Anti-Zionist Rallies to Co-Host BDS Event.

Report: US On Campus Anti-Semitism Showing 70% Spike

Faculty took a much more active and prominent role in academic BDS promotion and implementation, and in the promulgation of anti-Semitic expression used to justify academic BDS.

80 Groups: SFSU’s Prof. Abdulhadi Still Using School’s Name, Logo, to Spread Anti-Semitism

The groups initially learned that an image with the message “Zionism = Racism” and “Boycott! Divest! Sanction!” had been posted to the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diaspora’s Program (AMED) Facebook page.

AMCHA Applauds California for Quashing ‘Blatantly Anti-Semitic’ High School Curriculum

College campuses with anti-Zionist expression and activity are three times more likely to host incidents targeting Jewish students for harm.

Proposed Anti-Israel Ethnic-Studies Curriculum has California Jews On Alert

“[It] is deeply troubling—not only for its shocking omission of any mention of Jewish Americans or anti-Semitism or its blatant anti-Israel bias and praise of BDS, but for its clear attempt to politically indoctrinate students to adopt the view that Israel and its Jewish supporters are part of ‘interlocking systems of oppression and privilege’ that must be fought with ‘direct action’ and ‘resistance,’ ” said Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, head of the AMCHA Initiative.

Rashida Tlaib Pushing Academic Boycott of Israel

The small college's cooperation with the University of Haifa involves only 11 students who have participated since its start in 2007.

Michigan, Pitzer, Boycotters of Israeli Academia Just the Tip of an Iceberg

Opponents of an academic boycott of Israel owe John Cheney-Lippold and Daniel Segal a debt of gratitude.

University of California First to Issue New Academic Boycott Condemnation

The 101 groups strongly commended the chancellors for their understanding of the direct threat the academic boycott poses on US students.

Thousands Call on US Universities to Pledge Against Academic Boycott of Israel

Acting on political grounds, college instructors have recently begun to prevent their students from studying in Israel.

75 Groups Demand Pitzer College Condemn Faculty’s Ending Israel Study Abroad Program

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel urges faculty to shut down study abroad programs in Israel.

Claremont, Ca. College Kills Study Abroad Program in Israel

“President Oliver must act immediately to address this egregious faculty behavior that subverts the educational opportunities and violates the academic freedom of his students.”

Campus ‘Anti-Semitism Tracker’ Unveiled

Free access now available to a Library of photos and videos documenting anti-Semitic incidents.

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