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Spain: BDS Activists Attack Israeli Ambassador, Disrupt Speech at Madrid University

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on February 12, 2023 7 Comments

The "ambassador was taken to a safe room by Israeli and local security guards, and one even pulled out his weapon and pointed it at the activists."

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour Lashes Out at Ex-Bandmate Roger Waters’ Anti-Semitism, Pro-Putin Rhetoric

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 07, 2023 43 Comments

Yup. Waters still thinks Israel is just like Nazi Germany.

“American Bar Association, in its role as an accreditor, should not be partisan in [the current culture] war”

Posted by Johanna Markind on January 22, 2023 10 Comments

I'm quoted in an article in The Epoch Times on today’s legal education culture war: “[ABA] decisions should be based solely on academic criteria and how we best train lawyers, not how we best train lawyers who follow a particular ideology.”

Harvard Capitulates: Will Give Ken Roth, Who Devoted His Life To Delegitimizing Israel, Prestigious Human Rights Fellowship After All

Posted by Johanna Markind on January 20, 2023 13 Comments

Pro-Roth echo chamber succeeds in pressuring Harvard into reversing decision to deny Roth a human rights fellowship, even though he has done more damage to legitimate "human rights" advocacy than almost any other living person.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV_j4Dh9koA

‘Liberated Ethnic Studies’ Activists Want to Instill ‘Anti-Israel Content Into Schools’

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 13, 2023 3 Comments

"in order to cast Jews, Zionism and the state of Israel as enemies of progress and oppressors"

ProPublica/The Atlantic Investigation of CRT Pushback Focuses on “Something Called the Legal Insurrection Foundation”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2023 45 Comments

Our CriticalRace.org website is a focus of an article on the pushback against Critical Race Theory. The word "insurrection" in Legal Insurrection apparently left a professor at Florida State shaking in her boots. We've used our name since October 2008. Most people chuckle. We make no apologies for our oxymoron.

Texas and Virginia Commissions: BDS Plays Key Role In Fomenting Antisemitism

Posted by Johanna Markind on December 26, 2022 10 Comments

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction movement against Israel contributes strongly to campus environments hostile to Jews.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAV2RWMxgeU

Some Democrats Resisting Party’s Plan to Hold South Carolina Primary First

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 17, 2022 14 Comments

"It’s not that Democrats don’t like his choice, but many see more viable options that check the same boxes and offer more benefits--and are now finding themselves in uncomfortable opposition to the administration."

Ben & Jerry’s Ends Its Dispute With Unilever Over Ice Cream Brand Sales In Israel

Posted by Johanna Markind on December 15, 2022 14 Comments

Both sides are keeping mum about what if any agreement was made, but the Israeli manufacturer continues to sell Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Judea and Samaria.

Anti-Israel Activists Again Try to Shut Down Pro-Israel Speakers at City University of New York

Posted by Johanna Markind on December 13, 2022 25 Comments

Dec. 8 incident – the latest of many examples of anti-Israelism/anti-Semitism at CUNY – typifies the sickness in American higher education.

Nicole Solas Speaks Out Against Book That Advises Young Girls About Getting Puberty Blockers Without Parental Consent

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 11, 2022 9 Comments

"You don't want your kid, who is in a very vulnerable state, to be reading in a book that they should be seeing strangers at organizations."

Texas Senate Committee Subpoenas BlackRock over ESG Issues

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 10, 2022 5 Comments

Meanwhile, North Carolina's state treasurer and a $250 million hedge fund says ESG-promoting BlackRock CEO Larry Fink should resign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8hiixVLF-8

Antisemitism Rountable Led By VP’s Husband Predicted To Be Propaganda Exercise – And It Was

Posted by Johanna Markind on December 07, 2022 7 Comments

In my JNS column, I argue that the White House meeting is designed “to give the impression the administration cares about increasing crime against Jews, when the evidence is, it doesn’t.”