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New York University campus (Cincin12/Wikimedia Commons)
May 25, 2019, 4:05 pm
NYU speaker praises campus groups that support BDS
University’s president calls Northwestern University professor’s comments on ‘apartheid’ Israel ‘one-sided and tendentious’
By Marcy Oster
Michael Steinhardt speaking at the Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala in New York City, March 8, 2018 (Michael Brochstein/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 15, 2019, 12:03 pm
NYU hires lawyers to review Michael Steinhardt activities
University to investigate allegations of inappropriate interactions with women by well-known pro-Israel philanthropist
By Marcy Oster
Khalid Latif, executive director of the Islamic Center at NYU, left, and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, executive director of the university's Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life, attend the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, April 17, 2014. (Emal Countess/Getty Images for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival via JTA)
May 15, 2019, 11:15 am
NYU chaplain to be first chief rabbi of United Arab Emirates Jews
Yehuda Sarna says unpaid position requires traveling to Dubai 4 times a year to lead holiday services and officiate life-cycle ceremonies for hundreds of Jews in country
By Ron Kampeas
New York University flag (Sushi Olin/Flickr via JTA)
May 4, 2019, 12:53 am
NYU department votes to boycott its school’s own Israel campus
Social and Cultural Analysis school pledges ‘non-cooperation’ with university’s Tel Aviv satellite, citing Israel’s policy of barring entry to BDS supporters
By Ben Sales
A July 14, 2014 anti-Israel 'die-in' staged near the Massachusetts State House in Boston, with participation from local Students for Justice in Palestine chapters (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
May 1, 2019, 10:00 am
NYU president says he didn’t support award for Students for Justice in Palestine
Andrew Hamilton says group is ‘divisive’ in article challenging accusations of anti-Semitism at the educational institution
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative: At UOIT outside Toronto, Students for Justice in Palestine activists staff their information table, 2016 (UOIT's SJP chapter Facebook page)
April 17, 2019, 1:32 pm
Students for Justice in Palestine says NYU is giving it an award
University won’t confirm BDS-supporting group’s claim that it’s being honored for ‘extraordinary and positive impact on the University community’
By Josefin Dolsten
Michael Steinhardt in New York, April 12, 2012. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg/Getty Images/via JTA)
March 22, 2019, 7:55 pm
NYU school named for Michael Steinhardt to review his interactions
University to examine philanthropist’s dealings with faculty and staff after allegations of sexual harassment
By JTA
Chelsea Clinton attends the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts American Songbook Gala at Alice Tully Hall on May 29, 2018, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
March 17, 2019, 11:51 pm
NYU students tell Chelsea Clinton she is a cause of New Zealand mosque attack
Palestinian, Israeli activists tell former president’s daughter massacre was ‘stoked by people like you’ who criticized Ilhan Omar’s tweet that used anti-Semitic trope
By Marcy Oster
The Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University. (Google street view)
December 13, 2018, 9:47 pm
NYU Jewish center closes temporarily over threatening social media posts
Edgar M. Bronfman student building reopens after consultations; Students for Justice in Palestine condemns harassment
By JTA
Rose Asaf (Screen grab via Washington Square News)
December 8, 2018, 1:13 pm
Israeli co-authors NYU resolution to divest from companies with Israel ties
Rose Asaf says people listen when Israeli Jews speak up about the issue, but school says it won’t implement call as ‘endowment should not be used for making political statements’
By TOI staff and JTA
The NYU campus in downtown Manhattan (Jonathan71/Wikimedia Commons)
December 7, 2018, 10:47 pm
NYU students pass resolution to divest from companies with Israel ties
University says it won’t implement call, because ‘endowment should not be used for making political statements’
By JTA
The NYU campus in downtown Manhattan (Jonathan71/Wikimedia Commons)
November 5, 2018, 5:37 am
NYU student senate divestment issue will be voted on by secret ballot
Presented by 3 student senators affiliated with anti-Zionist campus groups, resolution targets firms like General Electric, Caterpillar, and Lockheed Martin
By JTA
New York University professor Avital Ronell. (Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft/Facebook via JTA)
August 15, 2018, 6:54 pm
NYU suspends Jewish professor after sexual harassment complaint from ex-student
Avital Ronell won’t teach this year after Nimrod Reitman accused her of stalking, sexual assault over a period of 3 years; prominent feminists criticized for backing Ronell
By JTA
Former US Secretary of State, John Kerry, talks during the New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) fifth edition of the Commencement Exercises, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, May 20, 2018. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
May 21, 2018, 5:18 am
Kerry keeps mum on Iran deal pullout in UAE address
Without directly criticizing Trump or hosts, former secretary of state says civil discourse around world ‘under threat’
By AP
Student organizers of an Israel Independence Day event at New York University, April 19, 2018. They include Adela Cojab, Jenny Labovitz and Esther Bildirici, front row, left to right, and Gabe Hoffman, back row, right. (Josefin Dolsten)
April 24, 2018, 2:01 am
What it’s like to support Israel at NYU
After BDS motion signed last week, one pro-Israel student says ‘animosity’ largely failed to take hold at Manhattan campus, but another says it ‘became ‘cool’ to be anti-Zionist
By Josefin Dolsten
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