Bar Ilan President Calls for Ouster of Faculty Supporting Academic Boycott Mideast Peace Bar Ilan President Calls for Ouster of Faculty Supporting Academic Boycott Richard Silverstein July 24, 2010 In a new low for academic freedom in Israel, Bar Ilan University’s President Moshe Kaveh called for... Read More Read more about Bar Ilan President Calls for Ouster of Faculty Supporting Academic Boycott
Rightist Ben Gurion Professor Derails Faculty Candidacy of Peace Activist Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Rightist Ben Gurion Professor Derails Faculty Candidacy of Peace Activist Richard Silverstein July 5, 2010 Assaf Oron is a research statistician at the University of Washington. He is also an Israeli peace... Read More Read more about Rightist Ben Gurion Professor Derails Faculty Candidacy of Peace Activist
Ben Gurion University President Defends Neve Gordon After Death Threat Mideast Peace Ben Gurion University President Defends Neve Gordon After Death Threat Richard Silverstein June 22, 2010 In a moment of supreme irony, Ben Gurion University President Rivka Carmi, who only a few months... Read More Read more about Ben Gurion University President Defends Neve Gordon After Death Threat
Im Tirtzu Widens Assault to Israeli Universities Mideast Peace Im Tirtzu Widens Assault to Israeli Universities Richard Silverstein June 21, 2010 Im Tirtzu, the Israeli brass knuckles hasbara outfit, has expanded its campaign for mind control over the... Read More Read more about Im Tirtzu Widens Assault to Israeli Universities
Ben Gurion University Trustee Wishes Professor Dead Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Ben Gurion University Trustee Wishes Professor Dead Richard Silverstein January 1, 2010 The pro-Israel ideological wars continue at Ben Gurion University (BGU), where knives were sharpened after faculty member,... Read More Read more about Ben Gurion University Trustee Wishes Professor Dead
‘In Defense of Academic Freedom’ Chicago Conference Mideast Peace Politics & Society ‘In Defense of Academic Freedom’ Chicago Conference Richard Silverstein October 8, 2007 An extraordinary conference will take place at the University of Chicago on October 12th called In Defense... Read More Read more about ‘In Defense of Academic Freedom’ Chicago Conference
Finkelstein and the DePaul Lockout Mideast Peace Finkelstein and the DePaul Lockout Richard Silverstein August 27, 2007 I don’t know what’s going on in Chicago these days. I’ve always thought of it as a... Read More Read more about Finkelstein and the DePaul Lockout
Finkelstein Denied Tenure at DePaul Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Finkelstein Denied Tenure at DePaul Richard Silverstein June 9, 2007 June 8th was a black day for academic freedom and a black day for free and open... Read More Read more about Finkelstein Denied Tenure at DePaul
Mort Klein: Brandeis Faculty Not Zionist Enough Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Mort Klein: Brandeis Faculty Not Zionist Enough Richard Silverstein March 3, 2007 Referring in a Jewish Advocate interview to recent Israel-related controversies at Brandeis University, Mort Klein, Zionist Organization... Read More Read more about Mort Klein: Brandeis Faculty Not Zionist Enough
Pro-Israel Neocons Torpedo Juan Cole Appointment at Yale Mideast Peace Politics & Society Pro-Israel Neocons Torpedo Juan Cole Appointment at Yale Richard Silverstein June 17, 2006 Juan Cole to Jewish neocons: ‘J’Accuse!’ (photo: Harvard University Gazette) M.J. Rosenberg just gave me a head’s... Read More Read more about Pro-Israel Neocons Torpedo Juan Cole Appointment at Yale
David Horowitz’ Terror Offensive Against Progressive Academics Mideast Peace Politics & Society David Horowitz’ Terror Offensive Against Progressive Academics Richard Silverstein May 17, 2006 Joel Beinin in the ‘pantheon’ of campus terrorism with Rachel Corrie and Sami al-Arian (photo: Rick E.... Read More Read more about David Horowitz’ Terror Offensive Against Progressive Academics
‘The Closing of the American Mind:’ Denying Visas to Foreign Intellectuals Politics & Society ‘The Closing of the American Mind:’ Denying Visas to Foreign Intellectuals Richard Silverstein February 25, 2006 I’d like to turn Allan Bloom’s neoconservative rant against multi-culturalism, The Closing of the American Mind, on... Read More Read more about ‘The Closing of the American Mind:’ Denying Visas to Foreign Intellectuals