Top legal scholars decry ‘chilling’ effect of dehiring scholar Salaita By Corey Robin August 15, 2014 6 Editor’s note: The following piece about reactions in the academic world to the dehiring of…
Blaming the Victims: A night with AIPAC in St. Louis and protesters in Ferguson By Michael Berg August 15, 2014 18 Background: On July 21, during the question and answer portion of a St. Louis Jewish Federation…
How to respond to thoughtful people who can’t help saying ‘but Hamas’ By Donna Nevel August 15, 2014 57 In conversations about Gaza, I have heard many thoughtful people in the Jewish community lament…
New J Street platform parrots Likud as membership continues to shift left By Ron Smith August 15, 2014 20 Recently, J Street send out a message to its members, claiming that it had created…
Reading Salaita in Illinois (part 2) – Cary Nelson, academic freedom’s agent provocateur By Phan Nguyen August 14, 2014 10 This is the second of two articles on Cary Nelson’s involvement in the Steven Salaita…
Hundreds of scholars say they won’t engage with University of Illinois unless decision to block Salaita is reversed By Corey Robin August 14, 2014 8 In the last 24 hours, sociologists and scholars of composition and rhetoric have organized two…
Reading Salaita in Illinois—by Way of Cary Nelson (part 1) By Phan Nguyen August 13, 2014 37 Ever since the news broke on Aug. 6 that Steven Salaita’s faculty appointment at the…
Rania Masri gives Barack Obama a lesson on the meaning of ‘barbaric’ By Annie Robbins August 11, 2014 55 Thousands of people from Austin and the surrounding region attended a rally and march protesting…
Despite potential groundswell, Congress reluctant to recognize Palestinian rights By Sam Knight August 8, 2014 20 If the polls are to be believed, the days of unconditional US support for Israel…
Former Israeli ambassador Michael Oren dropped as CNN ‘analyst’ By Alex Kane August 7, 2014 24 CNN has changed former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren’s title from “analyst” to…
