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Fighting on the front lines: anti-semitism at the university of California and efforts to combat it / Rossman-Benjamin, Tammi

Rossman-Benjamin, Tammi	Journal Article
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2012.

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Members of Muslim and pro-Palestinian student organizations and anti-Zionist faculty are the two main sources of anti-Jewish bigotry at the University of California (UC), and their behaviour has had two primary effects: the anti-Semitic language and imagery used by these individuals has caused significant harm to the reputation of Israel and its supporters, both on and off campus; and their behaviour has created a hostile and threatening environment for many Jewish students on UC campuses. Efforts to address the problem of anti-Semitism on UC campuses have generally targeted one of these two effects. These efforts have included: the reactive and proactive campaigns of pro-Israel student and faculty groups, as well as attempts to secure the protection of Jewish students from anti-Semitic harassment through legal means and by applying grassroots pressure on UC administrators. Although none of the efforts has led to a substantial reduction of anti-Semitism on UC campuses, a few of the approaches show some promise.

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Israel ; Jewish ; Students ; Anti - Semitism ; Administrators ; University ;
Anti - Zionism ; Faculty ; Anti - Israel ; Campus

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Where the humanities live / Ayers, Edward L

Ayers, Edward L	Journal Article
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Publication	2009.
Summary/Abstract	In 1964, the historian J.H. Plumb announced a crisis in the humanities: " Alas, the rising tide of scientific and industrial societies,combined with the battering of two World Wars, has shattered the confidence of humanists in their capcity to lead or to instruct.

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Politicians ; Industrial Society ; Scientific ; Humanities Live ; Administrators ; Threaten

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