Tag: BDS

ISGAP condemns the Middle East Studies Association’s (MESA) Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Resolution

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The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) joins other academic organizations and learned societies representing tens of thousands of scholars across the globe to voice its strong condemnation of the Middle East Studies Association’s (MESA) recent decision to endorse and implement a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) resolution against  Israel and its universities. […]

Fall 2021 ISGAP Digital Research Center Courses

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How Antisemites Appropriate Progressive Social Movements Featuring Dr. Corinne E. Blackmer, Professor of English and Judaic Studies, Southern Connecticut State University, United States Although antisemites have made effective use of intersectionality theory to appropriate progressive social movements, this course will explore, in addition to intersectionality, other significant rhetorical weapons they employ—including sloganeering, intimidation, name-calling, simplifications, assemblages […]

ISGAP DRC Course on Making Sense of BDS, Benjamin Weinthal

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Course Instructor Benjamin Weinthal, Award-Winning European Affairs Correspondent, Jerusalem Post, and Research Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Making Sense of BDS on both sides of the Atlantic, will cover the rise of the anti-Israel boycott campaign among politicians, on college campuses, and within NGOs. An examination of BDS-animated antisemitism with respect to the support it receives […]

Countering BDS

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Apr. 27, Countering BDS Benjamin Weinthal, Research Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracy Week Four: The need for policy changes to combat BDS will also be a part of the course. What sophisticated policy recommendations exist to aid European and American lawmakers and policymakers in blocking the growth of a movement that has been classified […]

BDS: Past and Present

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Apr. 13, BDS: Past and Present Benjamin Weinthal, Research Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracy Week Two: The role of German neo-Nazi parties, who have pushed BDS, will also be analyzed in the course. What are the similarities between the Hitler movement’s boycott of Jewish businesses and the BDS goals outlined in its formal 2005 […]

Germany’s Battle Against BDS and the Delegitimization of Israel

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“Germany’s Battle Against BDS and the Delegitimization of Israel” Benjamin “Benny” Weinthal, Distinguished Journalist, Berlin; Research Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Convener  Dr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP; Research Fellow, St. Antony’s College, Oxford Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 2020-2021 Research Fellow International Seminar Series

Germany’s Battle Against BDS and the Delegitimization of Israel

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Jan. 19, “Germany’s Battle Against BDS and the Delegitimization of Israel”  Benjamin Weinthal,  Distinguished Journalist, Berlin; Research Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies   ISGAP Research Fellows Seminar Series Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Time   Click here to register for the webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email […]

ISGAP welcomes decision against Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in the Fordham University case

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ISGAP is at the forefront of fighting antisemitism within academia. ISGAP confronts bigotry, the SJP and the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, at U.S. universities.         New York, December 23, 2020 — The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) welcomed the decision by a New York appellate court on December 22 […]

Read Coverage of ISGAP’s “Higher Education and Contemporary Antisemitism: Soft Power and Foreign Influence” Report Featured in The Times of Israel

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In “Those in Glass Houses…The Hypocrisy of Foreign Funding at American Universities”, writer Richard Robertson highlights ISGAP’s seven-year research project, “Higher Education and Contemporary Antisemitism: Soft Power and Foreign Influence”, which details how U.S. universities failed to declare billions of dollars in foreign funding from 1986 to 2018. Click here to read the article.

Foreign Funding of Universities: Undermining Democracy, Spreading Antisemitism

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Nov. 19, Foreign Funding of Universities: Undermining Democracy, Spreading Antisemitism Dr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP; Research Scholar, Oxford Michael Bass, Investigative CPA Ryan Mauro, Director, Clarion Intelligence Network Moderator: Raheel Raza, Pakistani-Canadian Journalist, Author and Public Speaker Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020 Sponsored by ISGAP, the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAEF), Clarion Project, Muslims Facing […]