NYU dept. boycotts Israel study abroad over entry restrictions…but gives Abu Dhabi a pass

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 5/6/2019 A New York University academic department has voted not to cooperate with the study abroad program that the university offers in Tel Aviv, Israel, citing concerns of “racial profiling” in how Israel lets people enter the country. The Department of Social and Cultural Analysis (DSCA) announced Thursday a vote to […]

Pro-Israel Student Group ‘Silenced’ at Williams

Inside Higher Ed Jeremy Bauer-Wolf May 9, 2019 Members of a pro-Israel group at Williams College had everything in order to be recognized by the student government, including a constitution and signatures of support from their peers. But when the time came for the Williams’s College Council to vote on the Williams Initiative for Israel’s […]

Williams College president condemns student council rejection of pro-Israel club

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate 5/9/2019 Williams College president Maud Mandel condemned the school’s student council for rejecting a pro-Israel club from being formed on campus. In a statement last week, she said that the “transcript of the debate and vote indicate that the decision was made on political grounds.” “I’m disappointed,” said Mandel, that the student […]

Mass. college council rejects pro-Israel student group

Campus Reform Matthew Stein May 7, 2019 A Massachusetts college council rejected a pro-Israel group’s application to become a registered student organization (RSO), seemingly due to the group’s politics and failure to take a public stance against the “occupation.” Williams College’s college council rejected registered status to the group, Williams Initiative for Israel (WIFI), by […]

Williams College tolerates ‘de facto discrimination’ against pro-Israel student group

The College Fix Greg Piper May 7, 2019 ‘Most’ benefits of recognition are not enough Maud Mandel’s half-measures aren’t enough for StandWithUs. The president of Williams College received a stern letter from the pro-Israel group Monday, accusing the elite liberal arts college of a double standard applied to a student group seeking formal recognition. Read […]

Williams College President Expresses Disappointment Over Rejection of Pro-Israel Club

The Algemeiner Shiri Moshe May, 6 2019 The president of Williams College in Massachusetts spoke out on Friday after student leaders denied recognition to a Zionist club over objections to its mission, while off-campus advocates urged greater action. President Maud Mandel said she was “disappointed” that the College Council (CC) failed “to follow its own […]

StandWithUs Calls on Williams College to Formally Recognize Pro-Israel Group

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 5/6/2019 StandWithUs co-founder and CEO Roz Rothstein and Legal Department Director Yael Lerman sent a letter to Williams College May 5 arguing that the college needs to formally recognize Williams Initiative for Israel (WIFI) as a student group on campus. On April 23, the Williams College Council rejected WIFI’s request for […]

StandWithUs Letter to Williams College

May 5, 2019 VIA EMAIL : msm8@williams.edu , sklass​@williams​.edu Maud S. Mandel, Ph.D. President, Williams College Office of the President 880 Main Street Hopkins Hall 3rd Floor P.O. Box 687 Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267 Stephen Klass Vice President for Campus Life Hopkins Hall Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267 Re: Deeply Troubling Recent Events at Williams College Dear President […]

Williams College Pro-Israel Group Denied Recognition

The Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler May 3, 2019 A pro-Israel student group at Williams College, the private liberal arts college in Williamstown, MA, will not be recognized as a student club on campus. In an April 23 meeting the Williams College Council voted 13-8 with one abstention against the Williams Initiative for Israel (WIFI), denying […]

Williams College Student Leaders Deny Recognition to ‘Pro-Israel’ Group, Prompting Calls for Inquiry

The Algemeiner Shiri Moshe May 2, 2019 Student leaders at Williams College in Massachusetts denied official recognition to the Williams Initiative for Israel (WIFI) campus group last week, following protests from students opposed to the Jewish state’s policies. During an April 23rd meeting, members of the College Council (CC) anonymously voted 13-8 with one abstention […]

A year of failures: Anti-Israel efforts dealt repeated blows on campus

The College Fix Kyle Hooten May 3, 2019 Over the past academic year, anti-Israel activists have suffered key losses on campuses across the country as “boycott, divestment and sanction” efforts have repeatedly failed to take hold at American universities and colleges. In what may have been a record year of failures for the BDS movement, […]

Warwick students hold event to ‘strengthen Christian-Jewish Zionist relations’

Jewish News, Times of Israel May 3, 2019 Warwick students hold event to ‘strengthen Christian-Jewish Zionist relations’ StandWIthUS UK supports one-day conference for 50 students ‘to build mutual understanding’ between the communities An organisation that trains Israel advocates on campus helped launch a new initiative at Warwick University to “strengthen Christian-Jewish Zionist relations”. StandWithUs UK […]

STANDWITHUS SPONSORS TOUR BY PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Oregon Jewish Life May 1, 2019 Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid toured Oregon March 11-14 and shared his insider’s view on the prospects for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His tour was sponsored by StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. Eid spoke at Lewis & […]

NYU Department Passes Resolution Against Tel Aviv Study Abroad Program

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler May 2, 2019 New York University’s (NYU) Department of Social and Cultural Analysis (SCA) announced Thursday it had passed a resolution to boycott the university’s study abroad program in Tel Aviv. The SCA stated on its website it passed the resolution because of Israel’s “longstanding practice of barring entry to persons […]

NYU cultural studies department ends relationship with program in Tel Aviv

Jewish National Syndicate / JNS.org Jackson Richman May 3, 2019 NYU cultural studies department ends relationship with program in Tel Aviv “It is time for Jewish parents to vote with their dollars and to take NYU off the list of consideration for their kids to attend. There are plenty of other great schools who aren’t […]

NYU Department Boycotts Tel Aviv Campus, While Defending Ties With Abu Dhabi Campus

The Algemeiner Shiri Moshe May 3, 2019 A department at New York University announced on Thursday that it passed a resolution of non-cooperation with the school’s study-abroad program in Tel Aviv, accusing it of operating “in the shadow of racial, religious, and political profiling.” In a statement, NYU’s Department of Social and Cultural Analysis (DSCA) […]

The New York Times Must Show It’s Sorry, Not Just Say It

The Algemeiner Carly Gammill May 2, 2019 The New York Times‘ international edition recently published a blatantly antisemitic cartoon, depicting a blind President Trump being led by a dog with the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wearing a Star of David collar. Following public outcry denouncing the bigoted and racist nature of this […]

You Should Know… Nathan Altshuler

Baltimore Jewish Times Susan Ingram May 2, 2019 Nathan Altshuler gets around. Born in Brooklyn, the 27-year-old grew up in North Miami Beach, Florida, where he got partially through high school when his parents moved to Baltimore for his father’s job. Once here, he finished up his last two years of high school at Ner […]