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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Oberlin College

University of Maryland Professor Melissa Landa, right, with one of her students. (Courtesy of Landa)
September 20, 2017, 11:50 pm
University of Maryland professor says she was fired for being pro-Israel
Melissa Landa says she began feeling antagonism from her superiors days after joining campus activist groups
By Ben Sales
A library at Oberlin College in 2007. (CC BY Istolethetv, Flickr)
November 16, 2016, 10:12 am
US college fires professor who blamed Jews for 9/11
Oberlin trustee board says Joy Karega attacked colleagues, refused to admit wrongdoing over anti-Semitic Facebook posts
By ToI Staff and JTA
File: The Carnegie Building on the Oberlin College campus in Ohio. (Wikimedia Commons)
August 4, 2016, 11:59 am
US professor who blamed Jews, Israel for 9/11 put on paid leave
Joy Karega will not teach classes at Oberlin until an internal investigation into her social media posts has been completed
By JTA and ToI Staff
File: The Carnegie Building on the Oberlin College campus in Ohio. (Wikimedia Commons)
April 13, 2016, 1:35 pm
Ohio professors widely condemn colleague’s anti-Semitic remarks
174 faculty members at Oberlin College anonymously sign letter denouncing ‘any manifestation of bigotry on our campus’
By JTA
File: The Carnegie Building on the Oberlin College campus in Ohio. (Wikimedia Commons)
March 8, 2016, 9:52 am
Oberlin told to probe teacher’s ‘anti-Semitic’ posts
Liberal arts school ordered to investigate ‘repugnant’ posts, as trustees denounce email blaming Jews for 9/11
By JTA
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
A building on the Oberlin College campus, Oberlin, Ohio. (Wikimedia Commons)
February 27, 2016, 7:14 pm
Oberlin president ‘respects’ free speech of prof. behind anti-Semitic posts
Marvin Krislov’s statement follows article on Joy Karega, who made numerous Facebook postings about Jews and Israel
By JTA
File: The Carnegie Building on the Oberlin College campus in Ohio. (Wikimedia Commons)
February 25, 2016, 10:26 am
Oberlin students tilt at alumni bid to ‘defeat’ BDS
Leaders of Hillel, J Street and Oberlin Zionists say they want ‘meaningful, nuanced conversations about Israel’
By JTA
A building on the Oberlin College campus, Oberlin, Ohio. (Wikimedia Commons)
January 28, 2016, 9:48 pm
Oberlin College president to discuss campus anti-Semitism with alumni
Former students say BDS movement has created an anti-Jewish climate at the Ohio liberal arts school
By JTA
Members of UCLA’s student government listen to supporters and opponents of a divestment resolution targeting Israel, February 26, 2014. (Courtesy of StandWithUs)
April 30, 2014, 6:11 am
Divestment votes surge but largely fail on US campuses
At some universities, Jewish students find themselves scrambling to counter the lobbying efforts of well-organized pro-Palestinian activists
By Talia Lavin
A swastika. (Wikimedia Commons)
August 26, 2013, 3:47 pm
US student says racist campus postings a ‘joke’
Anti-Semitic and racist stunts were meant to provoke a response, says student at historically liberal Oberlin College
By AP
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