(JTA) — A resolution calling on New York University to divest from companies that it says are associated with mistreating Palestinians was presented to the student government. The resolution was presented on Thursday by three...
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Citing BDS, professor refuses to write reference for student to study in Israel
By: ERIC CORTELLESSAUniversity of Michigan’s John Cheney-Lippold rescinds offer to write letter of recommendation after he realizes student wishes to spend a semester in Israel A University of Michigan professor refused to send a letter of...
Humanities Students at Largest University in Chile Endorse Academic Boycott of Israel
By: Algemeiner StaffHumanities students at Chile’s largest public university voted on Monday to support an academic boycott of Israel, an anti-Zionist group at the school announced. More than 80 percent of voters in the Department of Philosophy...
Sussex University Students Renew Commitment to Boycott Israel
By: Shiri Moshe- AlgemeinerStudents at the University of Sussex in England voted to support the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, the school’s Students’ Union announced on Friday. Nearly 69 percent of voters urged their...
Divestment hurts academic freedoms
By: Hayley Nagelberg“I hope that you will join me in voting “NO”: no to divisiveness, no to discrimination, no to racism, no to Antisemitism and no to an effort that has already been defeated.” On Feb. 16, Chancellor Robert...