JBurg Craps on Ben Gurion
I know one so-called university that will not be getting a donation from me in 2011. The Senate of the University of Johannesburg in South Africa voted this week to suspend its two-year-old…
Go buy some Israeli products
Stand With Us is having a shop-Israel-day on November 30. They are asking people to go to their local stores and buy some Israeli items. I think I speak for all Jewlicious writers…
Middle East Theater
A large number of Israeli actors, playwrights and other people from Israel’s theater establishment have signed a letter indicating their refusal to perform in Ariel, a large town outside of the Green Line…
Some Swedish Students Reject the Isolation of Israel
As some people and organizations seek to single out Israel for boycotts or similar actions, it is heartening to see that there are many who reject the scapegoating and singling out of Israel…
Cultural Boycott? Recent Cancellations by International Musicians Spur Debate in Israeli Public
Guest Post by Alison Avigayil Ramer and Ronnie Gross As a result of several international musicians cancelling their concerts in Israel, due to political pressures, Israeli singer-songwriter Geva Alon held a free concert…
Does York University Subsidize John Greyson’s Anti-Israel Activism? Here’s his cheesy Elton John video
Hey Elton John Here is the cheesy video by John Greyson that’s intended to goad Elton John to cancel his Tel Aviv concert in June. Greyson is a professor of Film at York…
Speaking of the bastards trying to grind people down
UCSD Next in the sights of the BDSD People After the Boycott and Divestment forces failed at Berkeley last week, where the student body president, Will Smelko, vetoed an initial resolution demanding divestiture…
Israeli Product Pogrom at Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe’s in San Francisco being vandalized. Will TJ’s press charges? Should they draw more attention to these folks or should they let this fade away. It is surprising that the store employees…
An Open Letter to the Yes Men: Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno
Say NO! to meaningless sloganeering, empty gestures and Israel Boycotts!
Memo to Hollywood: Boycott Ken Loach
Ken Loach accuses Israel of state terrorism, massacres. He convinces the Edinburgh Film Festival to return 300 pounds that the Israeli’s had provided to the festival to support the festival bringing an Israeli…
Is there a Nationwide Muslim Student boycott of Israel?
Is there a nationwide boycott effort underway on college campuses? Our experience at CSU Long Beach would seem to say, “yes.” And it may be illegal. On March 18th, Zo Farooqui, an assimilated…
Open letter to Rutgers’ President McCormick
Dear President McCormick: The cancellation of the study abroad program with Israel resembles a cultural boycott, similar to the academic boycott of Israel that you rightly opposed in July 2007. You wrote in…
“We also offer Hebron in Both Israel and Palestine…”
Photo from Facebook group Facebook never dreamed it could become another battleground in the war of ideas, words, and politics that surround the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. When Facebook abruptly changed the country of people…
