Analysis
Friday, March 3rd 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
Annette Poizner, Stacey Love, Andria Spindel et al Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism, Feb. 3, 2023 “When the far left think they are “punching up” and “sticking it to the rich,” they are now mimicking the type of trope that motored barbaric antisemitism in the past and feeds into today’s target: people of white privilege.” Owing […]
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Annette Poisoner Times of Israel, July 27, 2022 “We are learning about … students, forced to write papers that parrot the ideologies taught in school, finding themselves betraying their Jewish values or risk being mocked for expressing perspectives which differ from the school party line.” A recent study analyzes the Twitter feeds of 741 Diversity, Equity & […]
Dion J. Pierre Algemeiner, Feb. 27, 2023 “Further research is required to better understand the lived experience of these students, the stressors they face, and the extent of the problems such as those identified herein. This study continues. Students are invited to share their experiences while maintaining anonymity.” Antisemitism in Canadian social work […]
Richard Klagsbrun Aish, No Date “Students are in a vulnerable position and dread officially attaching their name to complaints against a professor in a program like Social Work. Aside from determining grades, they fear one bad word from a professor to a social agency can eliminate their employment prospects.” Picture the following: A […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Thursday, February 2nd 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
“it is difficult for the Jewish community to take UofT’s apology for the school’s history of antisemitism seriously at the same time that the university is timorous in combating antisemitism among the TFOM faculty – as exemplified by a letter, signed by 45 faculty members, the minority of whom are Jewish, sent to the UofT’s […]
Dominic Green WSJ, Jan. 24, 2023 “… these schools function as think tanks, facilitating valuable exchanges between academic theorists and real-world practitioners.” Should Kenneth Roth, recently retired executive director of Human Rights Watch, receive a fellowship at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government? In late July, the Kennedy School’s dean, Doug Elmendorf, rejected Mr. Roth’s […]
Alexander Joffe Algemeiner, Feb. 1, 2023 “By characterizing antisemitic harassment as “academic freedom” and framing complaints as mere unhappiness regarding “discourse on difficult topics,” the university dismissed concerns in a manner unique to Jewish issues.” As 2023 begins, several trends related to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement have become clear. On […]
Andrew Lapin Israel National News, Jan 31, 2023 “The program looks wholly insensitive. Instead of being a commemoration of the Holocaust, it looks like it’s turning into an opportunity for celebration.” An event that took place at a Virginia university Thursday night to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day was scheduled to feature lectures […]
Barbara Kay Epoch Times, Jan. 23, 2023 “The troubling reality is that there isn’t to my knowledge a single organization dedicated to Palestinian rights that accepts Israel’s legitimacy as a nation, or that accepts an attachment to their ancient homeland as a legitimate component of Jewish identity.” On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, […]
Thursday, October 27th 2022 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
NOTORIOUS ANTISEMITE LOUIS FARRAKHAN’S NOXIOUS INFLUENCE WATCH: The Life and Influence of Louis Farrakhan on Jay Z and the Music Industry: Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, YouTube, Aug. 16, 2020 — The Nation of Islam, under the leadership of Louis Farrakhan, has heavily influenced the modern Hip-Hop community. Watch our video to better understand […]
Eunice G. Pollack INSS, June 1, 2022 “Although American Jews had been the ethnoreligious group most engaged in the struggle to end racial discrimination, the new antisemites relentlessly portrayed Jews as Blacks’ foremost foe.” Beginning in the early 20th century, American Jews had been Blacks’ foremost ally in the struggle for integration […]
Eric Levitz The Intelligencer, Oct. 12, 2022 “… human beings in general do not need to be mentally ill to be antisemitic. But would the specific human being Kanye West have developed antisemitic beliefs if he had never suffered from bipolar disorder?” Kanye West has been having mental-health issues — and he’s also […]
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