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National Education Association (NEA) Secretary-Treasurer Noel Candelaria speaks during a rally in Washington, May 20, 2026. (Kevin Wolf/AP Content Services for United for Democracy)
July 18, 2026, 4:40 pm
ADL and JCPA reactions to US teachers union exposes divide on how to fight antisemitism
Organizations united on dire situation for Jewish teachers and students, but rare public disagreement on strategy highlights split between proponents of conciliatory approach or toughness on NEA
By Grace Gilson
Sample Gates on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 3, 2010. (IT Communications Office via Wikimedia Commons)
November 11, 2025, 10:27 pm
New Jewish studies head at Indiana University squares off with anti-Israel student
Detractors decry Prof. Günther Jikeli for booting Ph.D student from Zoom over ‘Free Palestine’ image, denying her a travel grant, while supporters cautiously join academic freedom fight
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: Palestinian flags hung in the quad alongside the anti-Israel encampment at DePaul University in Chicago on May 1, 2024. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
December 12, 2024, 5:26 pm
Faculty survey reveals fear, self-censorship at US universities, especially about Israel
Newly released study polled 6,269 instructors at 55 major colleges and universities; four times as many report toning down their opinions compared to the McCarthy era
By Luke Tress
People walk on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, February 2, 2024. (AP/Seth Wenig)
December 7, 2024, 4:41 am
Cornell president’s leaked criticism of Gaza class prompts new row over academic freedom
In a private email, Michael Kotlikoff criticized a new course called ‘Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance,’ raising concerns for some as Trump vows to crack down on campus protests
By Andrew Lapin
Authors Mark Sachs and Evan Nierman say cancel culture runs counter to Jewish values. (iStock/ PeopleImages)
July 28, 2023, 2:18 am
A pair of crisis managers show how cancel culture targets all – without fear or favor
In new book, ‘The Cancel Culture Curse,’ Evan Nierman and Mark Sachs describe how the form of bullying has brought the United States to madness – and how to pull back from it
By Cathryn J. Prince
Screen capture from video of Hamline University in Minnesota. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 9, 2023, 9:19 pm
Uproar as US lecturer sacked for showing Prophet Muhammad images in art class
Hamline University in Minnesota dismisses Erika Lopez Prater for presenting 14th-century painting to students after first warning what was coming; Muslim student filed complaint
By AFP
Illustrative: A 2008 photo of Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, where a number of foreigners and dual nationals have been detained over the years. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
May 16, 2022, 9:10 pm
Iranian academic and author Said Madani arrested on national security charges
Professor of sociology has published several books on social issues in Iran, was sentenced to six years in prison in 2012
By Agencies
Im Tirzu movement activists demonstrate near to Arab Israeli and Israeli left wing activist students during a rally marking the Nakba anniversary day at Tel Aviv University on May 14, 2018. (Flash90)
May 14, 2019, 2:22 pm
Israeli ‘Canary Mission’: New website fingers ‘anti-Zionist’ academics
Right-wing Im Tirzu group invites users to call out allegedly unpatriotic lecturers; university heads slam ‘intimidation’ campaign
By ToI Staff
A view of the Dartmouth campus (YouTube screenshot)
June 20, 2017, 5:42 am
Jewish scholars defend Dartmouth professor who signed pro-BDS statement
Academics say treatment of N. Bruce Duthu was unfair, negatively impacted academic freedoms
By JTA
Naomi Chazan
June 19, 2017, 1:34 pm
Naomi Chazan
Brilliant minds, wasted resources
Official ultra-Orthodox sex-segregation in higher education is like a gateway drug to curbing other academic freedoms
Eytan Meir
June 15, 2017, 4:02 pm
Eytan Meir
Protect Israel’s academic freedom
When professors bully students for political dissent, they cripple the pride of the academy — free exchange of ideas
Yael Shahar
June 13, 2017, 2:58 pm
Yael Shahar
Of false prophets and free speech
Jewish law imposes limits on what can be said in public, but it also takes issue with the policing of speech
A screenshot of a post Oberlin professor Joy Karega put on her Facebook page. The post, along with most of her other public posts, were taken down. (Facebook via The Tower)
March 4, 2016, 9:40 am
Citing ‘academic freedom,’ Oberlin defends prof’s anti-Semitic posts
College’s Jewish president says Joy Karega’s conspiracy theories about Jews ‘affected me on a very personal level,’ but won’t condemn her
By JTA
Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)
January 21, 2016, 4:57 am
US academic group reaffirms opposition to Israel boycott
Association of American Universities re-releases statement calling academic boycotts of Israel a violation of academic freedom
By Eric Cortellessa
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