Photo: John Marino/Wikimedia Commons Syracuse University’s Student Association (SA) claims that it is “false” and “dangerous” to associate anti-Zionism with antisemitism. This is simply untrue, because support for Zionism is support for the Jewish people’s right to self-determine in their ancestral homeland. Nevertheless, in a recent legislative session, the Syracuse SA...
הטיה וגזענות באוניברסיטת סירקוזה
מה שנראה כמאמץ אצילי לדון בהטיה באוניברסיטת סירקוזה הפך, באופן אירוני, לתרגיל מרושע, כשהשיחות הפכו לצייד מכשפות אנטישמי. כמה סטודנטים יצרו לאחרונה חשבונות אינסטגרם רבים, והזמינו סטודנטים וחברי סגל לפרסם סיפורים על אירועי הטיה בקמפוס. מי שמשתף את סיפוריו רשאי להישאר בעילום שם, אך זהות הסטודנטים והפרופסורים המואשמים בביצוע הטיה...
Bias and Bigotry on the Syracuse University Campus
What appeared to be a noble effort to discuss bias at Syracuse University ironically turned into a vicious exercise in bias and bigotry as the conversations turned into an antisemitic witch hunt. A few students recently created multiple Instagram pages, inviting fellow students and faculty to post stories about incidents...
Student Instagram Pages Broadcast Antisemitic Beliefs at Syracuse University
Last week, two new profiles appeared on Instagram, @BlackatCuse and @BIPOC.Syracuse. These pages, presumably created by Syracuse University students, invited students and faculty to post about incidents of discrimination and bias on campus to unite the student body against hatred. Unfortunately, several posts from these profiles inspired the exact opposite. A June 19...
The Time is Now
Picture this: advocating on a college campus for a democracy that has legal protections of LGBT individuals, equal rights for men and women, protections of religious minorities, and has a vibrant economy that’s home to incredible technological, medical, and agricultural innovation. Then imagine being attacked, threatened, or shoved aside for...
Syracuse University Cuts Ties with Al Quds University After Nazi-Style Rally
Syracuse joins Brandeis in cutting ties with Palestinian Al-Quds University. Brandeis cut ties with its sister institution on November 18th, while Syracuse suspended its relationship with Al Quds on November 21st. The two universities responded as such to a Nazi-style military rally held on the Al Quds campus earlier in November. In response to Nazi-style,...