Campus BDS threat shifting to academic boycotts Such activists are relentless, open to shifting their strategy to use campuses to try to punish Israel while vilifying Jewish students in pursuit of their cause. Zev Hurwitz Aug. 19, 2019
American and Israeli college presidents unite to oppose academic boycotts Two academic institutions—Pitzer College and the University of Haifa—have been at the center of a highly publicized BDS debate in recent months. Eliana Rudee May 29, 2019
Pitzer student council calls for president’s firing for supporting study in Israel Pitzer’s only study-abroad program in Israel is at the University of Haifa, a school whose graduates harken from the Jewish, Christian, Arab, Druze, religious and secular communities. April 1, 2019
Pitzer College president vetoes move by university’s council to suspend study abroad in Israel “Academic boycotts violate the rights of students and faculty on U.S. campuses, and this precedent-setting vote is frightening,” AMCHA Initiative co-founder and director, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, said in a statement. Jackson Richman March 15, 2019
University of Michigan and Pitzer College are just the tip of the iceberg University leaders across the country must loudly condemn faculty who would implement an academic boycott of Israel that deprives students of educational opportunities and academic rights in the name of personal politics. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin Jan. 22, 2019
Pitzer College should reject BDS When a governing council comprised of Pitzer College faculty and students meets during the spring semester, its members should firmly reject the recent faculty decision to suspend the study-abroad program in Israel. Siamak Kordestani Jan. 10, 2019
Pitzer College president slams faculty motion to end Haifa study-abroad program “I find the outcome of the discussion to be a repudiation of our educational mission,” said Pitzer College president Melvin Oliver. Nov. 30, 2018
Pitzer College faculty votes to end study abroad in Israel, student government resists A student government resolution, titled “A Resolution Denouncing Action by the Faculty That Eliminates Student Learning Opportunities,” contends the faculty proposition was about “forwarding a political agenda” and “eliminates student learning opportunities.” Jackson Richman Nov. 27, 2018
