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University of Aberdeen rejects IHRA antisemitism definition over free speech concerns

They said the the Jerusalem Declaration of Antisemitism offered clearer guidance

By Georgia L Gilholy

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Aberdeen University King's College building on a beautiful late summer morning. Founded in 1495 this is one of Scotland's oldest centres of learning . The crown tower and chapel date from around 1500.

G2YGFX London, UK. 4th June, 2016. David Miller, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bath and co-founder of Public Interest Investigations, addresses the PREVENT, Islamophobia and Civil Liberties National Conference 2016 at Goldsmiths, University of London. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News

University accused of censoring student’s film on David Miller

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London students launch appeal to fund Friday night meals

London students launch appeal to fund Friday night meals

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Israeli scientists crack the secret of being successful

Israeli scientists crack the secret of being successful

By Georgia L Gilholy

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National Union of Students' president suspended as probe into alleged antisemitism within NUS continues

National Union of Students' president suspended as probe into alleged antisemitism within NUS continues

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Revealed: Bristol Uni student's three-year ordeal after David Miller complaint

Revealed: Bristol Uni student's three-year ordeal after David Miller complaint

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'The way Bristol Uni handled my David Miller complaint messed up my uni life'

'The way Bristol Uni handled my David Miller complaint messed up my uni life'

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Graduate sues uni after essay is failed because it didn’t blame Israel

Leeds University graduate Danielle Greyman claims her essay about crimes committed by Hamas against Palestinians was failed because it did not pin blame on the Jewish state

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July 28, 2022 11:53

Graduate sues uni after essay is failed because it didn’t blame Israel

Death of a Ladies Man film review: Lothario professor sees his world start to crumble

Leonard Cohen's songs and Gabriel Byrne's central performance light up this drama comedy

By Linda Marric

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July 28, 2022 09:49

Death of a Ladies Man film review: Lothario professor sees his world start to crumble

Students and staff at NY college pledge re-education programs for Jews to 'unlearn Zionism'

The letter has been criticised as a ‘throwback to Soviet re-education campaigns to un-Jew the Jews’

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July 13, 2022 11:09

Students and staff at NY college pledge re-education programs for Jews to 'unlearn Zionism'

Lecturer who cleared colleague of Jew hate linked Zionism with the Nazis

Calls for Warwick University to reopen Virinder Kalra’s investigation into fellow sociologist Goldie Osuri’s comments

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June 30, 2022 10:13

Lecturer who cleared colleague of Jew hate linked Zionism with the Nazis

Goldsmiths to support Jewish academic David Hirsh after ‘unwarranted’ attack from SU President

The university has adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism, but without the 11 examples

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June 27, 2022 15:47

Goldsmiths to support Jewish academic David Hirsh after ‘unwarranted’ attack from SU President

City University of New York law faculty endorses BDS resolution

The resolution charged the school with 'complicity' in war crimes allegedly perpetrated by Israel

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May 21, 2022 11:03

City University of New York law faculty endorses BDS resolution

Government cuts ties with NUS amid accusations of antisemitism

Leading Jewish organisations have branded the organisation 'toxic' and 'horrendous'

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May 16, 2022 10:58

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi arrives at 10 Downing Street on September 2, 2019 in London, England. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has threatened to sack Tory MPs who fail to support his government in the battle over planned legislation designed to block a no-deal Brexit.(Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

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By Dominic Green

Harvard opts for BDS — so take me out to the ball game for tefillin

United? The USA is as divided as ever with its most prestigious university's newspaper backing the boycott movement while a baseball star's father openly practises the Jewish custom

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May 6, 2022 15:03

Harvard opts for BDS — so take me out to the ball game for tefillin

Liverpool students vote to reject BDS, reversing a 2015 poll in support of the divisive movement

A total of 820 students voted down a motion to back the anti-Israel campaign, while 748 backed it

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May 5, 2022 14:45

Liverpool students vote to reject BDS, reversing a 2015 poll in support of the divisive movement