Tag: Divestment

New York City Council staffers, representing the city's legislative body, have endorsed two resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and urging divestment from Israeli investments.
The text describes a troubling trend of rising antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment at Harvard University, culminating in incidents like the use of antisemitic tropes by a commencement speaker, defense of calls for intifada, illegal encampments targeting Israel, and systemic silencing of Jewish and Israeli voices on campus.
European student activists, inspired by the United States, have been successful in urging their universities to divest from Israeli-linked companies or boycott Israeli institutions due to concerns related to Israel's actions in Gaza.
The president of Sonoma State University in California, after agreeing to an academic boycott of Israel and other concessions to pro-Palestinian protesters on campus, was placed on leave following backlash and suspension for insubordination.
At the University of California's Berkeley campus, a diverse group of activists are part of an encampment protest advocating for peace and an end to the Israeli occupation in Gaza.
The essay discusses how the events of 1948 in Israel are still deeply relevant in 2024, particularly on university campuses where anti-Israel sentiments prevail.
The president of San Francisco State University engaged in public negotiations with pro-Palestinian protesters demanding divestment from Israel, addressing their demands for transparency and ethical investment practices.
Student protesters at various universities are advocating for divestment from Israel in response to their military actions.
At Brown University, a peaceful encampment supporting Gaza managed to keep antisemitism at bay amidst a climate of activism and dialogue.
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco faced controversy when some artists accepted into the California Jewish Open identified as anti-Zionist and advocated for Palestinian liberation.
The author reflects on encountering pro-Palestinian protests while visiting college campuses like Amherst, Columbia, and Yale.
The article discusses New York Mayor Eric Adams' decision to send NYPD riot police to Columbia University and CUNY campuses to address protests.
Students at Northwestern University have agreed to dismantle their anti-Israel encampment after reaching a deal with the university to increase transparency about investments.
Columbia University has rejected a demand to divest from Israel and failed to reach an agreement with pro-Palestinian student protesters encamped on its New York City campus.
Students at Rutgers University in New Jersey overwhelmingly voted for the institution to divest from companies and organizations involved in Israel and to end a partnership with Tel Aviv University.
The Union for Reform Judaism, representing the largest American Jewish denomination, has committed to divesting from the fossil fuel industry to address the climate crisis, guided by Jewish teachings of environmental stewardship.
Tech columnist James B. Meigs discusses the surprising bipartisan coalition that emerged to push for Chinese-Communist company Bytedance to divest TikTok.
Nineteen Brown University students, including a Jewish student and a Palestinian student, are currently on a hunger strike to protest the university's policies regarding divestment from Israel-affiliated assets.
A group of 19 Brown University students, including Palestinian, Jewish, Black, and Native Hawaiian students, have started a hunger strike in an effort to pressure the university to divest from companies that they argue profit from human rights abuses in Gaza.
Israel has found itself in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague for the first time, absurdly charged with genocide by South Africa.
The US labor movement has experienced a revival in recent years, with unions gaining popularity and experiencing a democratic upsurge.
The author discusses the rise of anti-Zionism and antisemitism on American college campuses and highlights the failure of university leaders to unequivocally condemn the recent violence perpetrated by Hamas.
Jewish students at Cooper Union College in Manhattan felt unsafe when pro-Palestinian protesters banged on the locked door of the library where they were studying and chanted "Globalize the Intifada."
The article discusses the controversy surrounding the ethnic-studies model curriculum in California and its impact on the Jewish community.
A new report from environmental group Dayenu urges Jewish institutions in the U.S. to divest billions of dollars from the fossil fuel industry.