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Anti-Israel academic boycotters complain criticism violates their academic freedom to boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2013 25 Comments

As pressure mounts, academic boycotters play victim.

UT-Austin and Texas A&M sponsoring annual meeting of anti-Israel academic boycott group

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2013 20 Comments

Would UT-Austin permit any other group to enforce academic boycott rules at an on-campus conference?

List of Universities rejecting academic boycott of Israel (Update – 250!)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2013 25 Comments

The universities and colleges below are confirmed to reject the academic boycott of Israel passed by the American Studies Association. This list is based on positions expressed by the Presidents of such Universities or others in a position to state a university’s position (e.g., communications staff). We...

University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2013 9 Comments

Dozens and growing

Willamette rejects Israel boycott, denies being Institutional Member of American Studies Assoc

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2013 2 Comments

Update: Hamilton also denies being Institutional Member // Update No. 2: Northwestern denies being Institutional Member too

Association of American Universities rejects Israel boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2013 5 Comments

Executive Committee Statement signed by Presidents of UT-Austin, U. Penn, Tulane, Duke, UC-Irvine, U. Kansas, U. Pittsburgh, Northwestern, Michigan State, and Cornell.

My email to President of UT-Austin regarding academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2013 16 Comments

I just sent my first e-mail to a University President regarding the academic boycott of Israel by the American Studies Association, and the similar boycott just announced by the small and relatively new Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. I could not find a direct...

Reader crowdsourcing project to fight American Studies Assoc anti-Israel boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2013 77 Comments

Reader-created contact list and call to action.

How can these U.S. universities justify membership in American Studies Association after Israel boycott?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2013 16 Comments

The anti-Israel academic boycott passed by ASA makes each of these universities complicit.

ASA issues member talking points to counter university pushback over Israel boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2013 23 Comments

American Studies Association coaches members how to defend ASA academic boycott against criticism by Deans, Administrators and Faculty.

Cartoon politics really is what happens in Obama’s America

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2013 8 Comments

Everything is political. And the race card is an integral part of those politics.

NY-23 Dem candidate goes silent on website hacking probe

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2013 12 Comments

Martha Robertson promised to hire a computer forensic firm to justify her fundraising claim that GOP operatives hacked her website.

American Studies Association leadership recommends academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2013 17 Comments

Will they now boycott universities in Islamic countries that discriminate against Jews and Christians, women, and gays?

Harvard Survey: Obama and Obamacare push Millennials support off cliff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2013 16 Comments

47% of Millennials would vote to recall Obama versus 46% who would not.

Happy Thanksgiving from the LI Intern

Posted by Laurel Conrad on November 28, 2013 10 Comments

After a long bus ride from Cornell back to Virginia yesterday, I get the rare chance today to escape the campus lefties and spend some quality time with my family. And while it’s easy to fixate on scary things like the job market I’m about...

Israel Haters and Hezbollah at the University of Washington

Posted by 0387erp on November 13, 2013 9 Comments

While life goes on as usual in the caffeinated city, a concentrated and vicious strain of Israel hatred has taken root at the center of Washington State’s flagship University.

Not just Brown: The long history of liberal and anti-Israel campus shout downs

Posted by Laurel Conrad on November 10, 2013 9 Comments

In October, Brown University protesters prevented New York City Police Chief Ray Kelly from speaking. During Kelly’s talk, titled “Proactive Policing in America’s Biggest City,” protesters loudly chanted slogans and read prepared text, drowning out Kelly. A university administrator tried to reason with the protesters,...

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