Robin: Israel’s academic community won’t tolerate anti-Semitism

“Israel’s academic community must embrace its responsibility to speak out against anti-Semitic rhetoric and behavior on campuses overseas — especially when religious belief and support for the State Israel are so absurdly conflated, as they were in this controversy surrounding kosher food (at U of T),” Prof. Robin writes.

McGill student union upholds board member’s right to take Israel trip

A Jewish McGill University student who had been told that she should resign her posts with the student union because she accepted to go on a free trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories under Hillel Montreal’s auspices will not face any sanctions from the Students’ Society of McGill University.

McGill student union censures Jewish student over Israel trip

A Jewish McGill University student who has been asked to resign her posts with the student union because she is going on a free trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories under Hillel Montreal’s auspices is getting support from some of her colleagues.

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