US Education Department investigating UMass-Amherst, Philadelphia-area school district Teachers’ speech has been “controversial” of late in the “polarized” school district, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. April 17, 2024
UMass under Title VI probe for not protecting Jews, ‘Campus Reform’ says The publication filed a complaint alleging that the public research university failed to take “concrete steps” to protect Jews. Feb. 26, 2024
Civil-rights group: UMass must act against harassment of ‘Zionist’ journalist by SJP “If the university does nothing about attacks like this, it effectively condones them, sending an ugly message and setting a dangerous precedent,” said Rachel Lerman, vice chair of the Brandeis Center. Sean Savage Oct. 26, 2021
An anti-Semitic rally to remember Members of the UMass Boston chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine grew violent when faced with the presence of a “rabid Zionist” observing their protest against American Jewish organizations. Adam Gordon July 6, 2021
Graffiti with anti-Israel slogan ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted at UMass Amherst The university left the names of the police brutality victims, as well as a heart drawn on the floor in the colors of the Palestinian flag. April 21, 2021
UMass Amherst Hillel spray-painted with word ‘Palestine’ in Arabic “This cowardly act of hatred towards the Jewish community amidst a time of global crisis and on Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, is reprehensible,” posted UMass Amherst Hillel on Facebook. April 21, 2020
Criminalizing dissent: Why free speech only applies to one side Pro-BDS activists paint themselves as the righteous advocates against what they describe as right-wing, white-supremacist forces designed to silence anyone who says anything remotely against Israel. Sasha Chernyak Jan. 24, 2020
UMass Boston faculty call on Amherst chancellor to retract statement criticizing BDS In a Nov. 4 letter posted on Facebook by the Western Massachusetts chapter of the anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace, more than 40 faculty members compare BDS to fighting against apartheid South Africa in the late 20th century. Jackson Richman Nov. 11, 2019
UMass academic department that sponsored anti-Zionist ‘political rally’ to co-host second BDS event The Nov. 12 event, “Criminalizing Dissent: The Attack on BDS and Pro-Palestinian Speech,” is slated to include speakers with histories of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric. Nov. 6, 2019
