When Ben Novak arrived at Northeastern University in Boston as a first-year student in the fall of 2016, he went looking for a place to pray, and meet other Jews. So naturally, he turned to the local Hillel. But a few months later, the Hillel descended into chaos amid complaints from students that it was…
Swastikas were drawn on a campus dormitory board at Northeastern University in Boston. The swastikas were discovered Sunday in a common area in the International Village dorm. Northeastern’s president, Joseph Aoun, condemned what he called a “hateful act” in a statement that was emailed to students and staff, as well as posted on the university’s…
Student leaders at Northeastern University rejected a resolution that had the Boston school divesting from companies doing business with Israel. On Monday, the Student Government Association voted down the measure, with 25 senators opposed, nine in favor and 14 abstaining. The vote, which took place just before midnight, followed some two hours of passionate debate,…
Northeastern University has provisionally reinstated the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter on campus. The SJP chapter will remain on probation through January 2015, according to a notification letter from Dr. Laura A. Wankel, the university’s vice president for student affairs. Students for Justice in Palestine was suspended from campus on March 7 for at…
Like Alan Dershowitz, his former teacher and Harvard Law School colleague, Boston attorney Harvey Silverglate is both a strong supporter of Israel and a passionate free speech advocate. So Silverglate had two reactions when Northeastern University unceremoniously suspended its campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. “I actually think that the [SJP] students are…
More than 200 protesters rallied at Northeastern University opposing the school’s recent suspension of the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. The protest was organized by a coalition of more than 29 organizations including Jewish Voice for Peace Boston and many of its local student chapters as well as feminist, peace and social…
A member of Students for Justice in Palestine protests in Washington, D.C. / Getty Images Debate about Israel and Palestine on college campuses is coming to a head this week, with over 200 activists expected to rally in solidarity with Northeastern University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on Tuesday. Northeastern formally suspended…
The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at Northeastern University vowed to fight its suspension from campus over a campaign that the Boston school said intimidated students. “It is clear that the university’s draconian decision is part of a thinly veiled policy of silencing student speech critical of Israel,” the group said in a statement…
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