Illinois district withdraws ‘Teaching Palestine’ course critics say was anti-Semitic propaganda

Fox News Caleb Parke May 31, 2019 A Chicago-area school district came under fire for promoting a course for educators called “Teaching Palestine,” which officials eventually said was “one-sided.” Critics called it “anti-Semitic” propaganda. The controversial course, offered by Teachers for Social Justice, covered the “Israeli occupation of Palestine and the Palestine liberation struggle,” according […]

UCLA investigating professor for inviting speaker who compared Jews to white supremacists

The College Fix Jeremiah Poff May 31, 2019 University admits ‘several students’ said lecture ‘veered into anti-Semitism’ In response to criticisms that a guest lecturer went on a “rant” against Israel, UCLA is noting that it has many Jewish friends. Read the full article HERE

UCLA Committee Backs Professor Over Guest Lecture Criticized as Antisemitic

The Algemeiner May 30, 2019 An academic freedom committee at the University of California-Los Angeles backed the right of a professor to invite a guest lecturer whose comments were denounced by some students as antisemitic, while critics called for swift action over the incident. The Academic Freedom Committee — part of the UCLA Academic Senate, […]

Dear Chancellor Merkel

The Times of Israel Carla Brewington May 31, 2019 Just as Hitler bells, with swastikas, are still ringing in the churches of Germany, still waiting to be taken down and smashed, so the Judensau (Jew-pig in German) can still be seen on churches and cathedrals, both inside and outside the buildings. These obscene images are […]

After backlash, Illinois high school district withdraws ‘Teaching Palestine’ course

Jewish News Syndicate / JNS.org Jackson Richman May 31, 2019 An Illinois high school district is withdrawing a course for educators titled “Teaching Palestine” after pushback from teachers and community members. The Niles Township High School District 219 serves Lincolnwood and parts of Morton Grove, Niles and Skokie in Cook County, home to Chicago. There […]

Letter to Williams College Re: RSO Formation Policy

May 30, 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: Avoiding Future Discrimination at Williams College Dear President Mandel […]

Episode in new Netflix series mocks diarist Anne Frank

Jewish News Syndicate/ JNS.org Jackson Richman May 30, 2019 The new Netflix series “Historical Roasts,” which mocks the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank, finds itself in the midst of a backlash. One particular episode features actress Rachel Feinstein as Frank, Gilbert Gottfried as Adolf Hitler and Jon Lovitz as U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt. These performers […]

Illinois high school district in the spotlight for ‘Teaching Palestine’ course

Jewish News Syndicate /JNS.org Jackson Richman May 30, 2019 An Illinois school district is under fire for a course offered to teachers titled “Teaching Palestine.” The Niles Township High School District 219 serves Lincolnwood and parts of Morton Grove, Niles and Skokie in Cook County, home to Chicago. There are an estimated 291,800 Jews in […]

SWU pressure leads UCLA to probe anti-Zionist incident

The Jerusalem Post Yonah Jeremy Bob May 30, 2019 While SWU will maintain a watchful eye on whether UCLA follows through on promises in its response to probe the incident for evidence of discrimination and harassment, the quick response from the administration appeared to signal that it has the university’s attention. Stand With Us (SWU) […]

Palestinian Uber Driver Refuses Ride to Jewish Women

Jewish Journal Melissa Simon May 29, 2019 A Palestinian Uber driver kicked two Jewish women out of his car on May 19 after he learned they were leaving the Israeli-American Council (IAC)’s Celebrate Israel Festival at nearby Rancho Park. In a phone interview with the Journal, Dayna, (who requested only her first name be used […]

Pitzer President Visits University of Haifa

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler May 28, 2019 Pitzer College President Melvin Oliver visited the University of Haifa in Israel, where he spoke out against academic boycotts. Oliver spoke to around 200 people at the University of Haifa’s 47th annual Board of Governors meeting on May 28. He said given Pitzer Professor Daniel Segal’s frequent pro-boycott, […]

StandWithUs Calls on UCLA to Address Anti-Semitism on Campus

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler May 28, 2019 StandWithUs called on UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang to take action against the “disturbing trend of anti-Semitic incidents at UCLA” in a May 24 letter. The letter, which was written by StandWithUs CEO and Co-Founder Roz Rothstein, Saidoff Legal […]

ACTION ALERT! Niles North and West offering biased, misleading, anti-Israel course to its faculty

School District 219, serving Lincolnwood, Skokie, Morton Grove and Niles is offering “Teaching Palestine,” a biased, misleading, anti-Israel course to their staff at Niles North and West High Schools. The course objectives are to “teach about Palestine and the Palestine liberation struggle..against the current political context of Israeli occupation of Palestine.” The staff will be […]

StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitism of Incoming Northwestern Faculty Member Steven Thrasher

(Chicago, IL – May 29th, 2019) — StandWithUs is extremely disturbed that Steven Thrasher, who has spread antisemitism on social media, is joining the faculty of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications on June 1, 2019. Thrasher, whose virulently anti-Israel speech at an NYU graduation ceremony in May, shocked and disturbed many […]

StandWithUs Legal Department Sends Warning Letter to UCLA Admin May 24, 2019

May 24, 2019 VIA EMAIL (chancellor@ucla.edu; jkang@equity.ucla.edu) Gene Block, Ph.D. Chancellor University of California, Los Angeles Office of the Chancellor 2147 Murphy Hall Los Angeles, California 90095 Jerry Kang Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion University of California, Los Angeles 2147 Murphy Hall, Box 951405 Los Angeles, California 90095 Dear Chancellor Block and Vice […]

NYU President ‘Shocked’ At Grad Speaker’s Anti-Semitic Tweets

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 5/24/2019 New York University (NYU) President Andrew Hamilton told the Journal that he was “shocked at NYU Doctoral Graduate and soon-to-be Northwestern University Professor Steven Thrasher’s recently unearthed anti-Semitic tweets and that Thrasher shouldn’t have spoken at the May 20 Graduate School of Art and Sciences (GSAS) convocation ceremony. Thrasher endorsed […]

NYU Dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ‘Disappointed’ in Grad Speaker’s Remarks

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 5/24/2019 New York University (NYU) Dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Phillip Harper told NYU Doctoral Graduate and soon-to-be Northwestern University Professor Steven Thrasher he was “disappointed” in Thrasher’s May 20 remarks. Thrasher expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, praised NYU’s Students for Justice […]

UCLA Guest Lecturer Calls Zionists White Supremacists

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 5/21/2019 During a guest lecture to a UCLA anthropology class on May 14, San Francisco State University Arab and Muslim Ethnicities Professor Rabab Abdulhadi called Zionists white supremacists. Abdulhadi spoke to around 100 students in the Fowler lecture hall during a mandatory lecture for the Anthropology M144P: Constructing Race class, taught […]