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Archive for August, 2007

“boycott israeli universities? boycott ours, too!”

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

A full-page AJC ad in today’s New York Times lists nearly 300 college and university presidents who have endorsed a powerful statement by Columbia University President Lee Bollinger denouncing the United Kingdom’s University and College Union’s decision to promote a boycott of Israeli educational institutions.
Bollinger’s statement is reproduced in the ad, published as a public […]

brandeis in the berkshires

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

I have just returned from a remarkable experience: Brandeis in the Berkshires, an intensive study of modern Israel, co-sponsored by AJC.
Modern Israeli politics, society, and culture were addressed for the purpose of furthering knowledge and understanding of Israel as a Jewish state, as a liberal democracy, and as part of the larger narrative of modern […]