The University, Free Speech, and BDS
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Many scholars as well as students have endured the struggle against rising anti-Israel sentiments on college and university campuses worldwide. This volume of personal essays documents and analyzes the deleterious impact of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on the most cherished Western institutions. These essays from well-known scholars as well as a number of students illustrate how anti-Israelism corrodes the academy and its treasured ideals of free speech, civility, respectful discourse, and open research. Nearly every chapter attests to the blurred distinction between anti-Israelism and antisemitism, as well as to hostile learning climates where many Jewish students, staff, and faculty feel increasingly unwelcome and unsafe. Anti-Zionism on Campus provides a testament to the specific ways anti-Israelism manifests on campuses and considers how this chilling and disturbing trend can be combatted.
“These essays make a huge contribution to our understanding of the deleterious impact of anti-Israel activism on contemporary academia in the United States and around the world. The breadth of these essays is breathtaking, their poignancy is heartbreaking, and their analysis is astute.” —Kenneth L. Marcus, Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, The Definition of Anti-Semitism
“The single biggest crisis facing the academy is the attack against free speech, objective truth, rigorous scholarship, and campus activity–all under the pretense and guise of progressive, identity politics. No other book covers the politics and strategies of BDS and the insidious motives of those who are its champions better.” —Thane Rosenbaum, NYU Law School, How Sweet It Is