I lived in Minnesota for five years. My wife is from there; her family still lives there. When we return to visit, we have to reckon with a frightening reality: My in-laws’ newly elected congressional...
The Case For Well-Crafted Anti-BDS Laws
Ronald Reagan infamously described the “nine most terrifying words in the English language” as “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Right now, pro-Israel activists are recoiling from the unanticipated consequences of state...
This Is the Real Game Israel Is Playing With the BDS Movement. It’s Terrifying
Lara Alqasem, the American student seeking to study at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, currently detained by Israeli authorities who refused to honor her visa, is the subject of a file on the highly controversial right-wing Canary Mission...
Attacking Hillel in Court, Open Hillel Takes Aim at Campus Jews and Anti-Discrimination Law
For the past few years, a group of Jewish students have sought to sue administrators at San Francisco State University, alleging that their college has tolerated and buttressed a pervasively hostile anti-Semitic atmosphere. The students claim they...
What Tamika Mallory Learned on Her Israel Rehabilitation Tour: America’s Been Led Astray by the Jews
When the controversy over anti-Semitism and Women's March co-leader Tamika Mallory first flared up, surrounding Mallory's enthusiasm for Louis Farrakhan, it had one very interesting characteristic: it wasn't about Israel.
Why People Who Oppose BDS Should Oppose Anti-BDS Laws, Too
When UC-Berkeley Lecturer Hatem Bazian was invited to speak at Arizona State University by a group of Muslim students, he found something unexpected in his contract: a clause requiring him to certify he wouldn’t boycott Israel.
Why People Who Oppose BDS Should Oppose Anti-BDS Laws, Too
When UC-Berkeley Lecturer Hatem Bazian was invited to speak at Arizona State University by a group of Muslim students, he found something unexpected in his contract: a clause requiring him to certify he wouldn’t boycott Israel.