September 15, 2025 UMass Amherst: Anti-Israel boycott related to conference dropped, nonmembers can attend (JNS) Published by JNS on 09/11/2025 The University of Massachusetts Amherst has barred an academic group that plans to hold a conference later this fall on its campus from excluding scholars who receive funding from Israeli institutions. The Coalition of Women in German, an organization based at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, is scheduled […] Media Coverage
September 10, 2025 UMass Amherst rejects BDS at upcoming academic conference (Times of Israel) Published by Times of Israel on 09/10/2025 The University of Massachusetts Amherst on Wednesday said it had banned an anti-Israel boycott at an upcoming academic conference, a move a Jewish legal advocacy group hailed as a precedent in the struggle against anti-Zionist activity on campuses. The annual conference, hosted by the Coalition of Women in […] Media Coverage
September 4, 2025 Adelphi University finds professor created ‘hostile environment’ against Jews (JNS) Published by JNS on 09/4/2025 Adelphi University stated on Aug. 15 that an investigation found “sufficient evidence” that one of the private, Garden City, N.Y. school’s professors “created a hostile environment for Adelphi’s Jewish community” via the professor’s “personal social media posts.” The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announcedthe university’s decision on […] Media Coverage
September 3, 2025 UMass Amherst reviews event it plans to host after learning organizer boycotts Israel (JNS) Published by JNS on 09/3/2025 The University of Massachusetts Amherst, a highly ranked public school, is reviewing an upcoming conference that it plans to host in November after learning that the organizer excludes scholars who receive funding from Israeli institutions. “The university has the matter under review,” Emily Gest, associate vice chancellor for news and […] Media Coverage
August 27, 2025 Fill key State Department roles, Jewish groups tell Senate leaders (JNS) Published by JNS on 08/27/2025 The Jewish Federations of North America and Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish organizations led 13 other Jewish groups in a letter to Senate leaders on Tuesday, asking the upper chamber to confirm Trump administration nominees for two key U.S. State Department positions. The groups asked Senate Majority Leader […] Media Coverage
August 27, 2025 Jewish groups to urge Senate to confirm antisemitism envoy, religious freedom ambassador (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 08/27/2025 Several major Jewish organizations are expected to call on the Senate to “swiftly” confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees for special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism and international religious freedom ambassador. The groups, led by the Jewish Federations of North America, are writing in a letter to Senate Majority […] Media Coverage
August 22, 2025 When schools flunk the basics: Keeping Jewish students safe(JNS) Published by JNS on 08/22/2025 Many Jewish students and staff, both at K-12 schools and on university campuses, have become the targets of threats, intimidation and violence since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023—leading to lawsuits, funding and donation cuts, and a host of new regulations to protect students and […] Media Coverage
August 21, 2025 Rights group sues UC Berkeley for alleged discrimination against Israeli professor (Jerusalem Post) Published by Jerusalem Post on 08/21/2025 A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday against the University of California (UC) Berkeley, alleging that it violated state anti-discrimination laws when it rejected a teaching application submitted by an Israeli professor because of her nationality. The lawsuit was filed in California Superior Court – the state-level court where cases are first […] Media Coverage
August 20, 2025 ‘Many of Our Grad Students Are Angry’: UC Berkeley Rescinded Job Offer to Israeli Professor Over National Origin, Lawsuit Alleges (Free Beacon) Published by Free Beacon on 08/20/2025 The University of California, Berkeley rescinded a job offer to a visiting Israeli professor solely because of her national origin, according to a new lawsuit. Though the professor, Dr. Yael Nativ, taught a course at the school prior to Oct. 7, Berkeley’s theater department chair said campus was too “hot” […] Media Coverage
August 20, 2025 Brandeis Center Sues UC Berkeley for Anti-Israeli Discrimination (SD Jewish World) Published by SD Jewish World on 08/20/2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and the law firm of Olivier & Schreiber PC sued the University of California (UC) Berkeley on Wednesday in California Superior Court, alleging the school violated California anti-discrimination laws when it rejected the teaching application of a professor solely because she […] Media Coverage