Best Practices and Principles: Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Responsibilities of Students and Faculty
The Academic Engagement Network and Hillel International partnered to create “Best Practices and Principles” to assist in protecting and advancing the goals and values of higher education: the discovery and dissemination of knowledge and respect for free inquiry and diversity of viewpoints.
A Guide and Resource Book for Faculty & University Leaders
AEN’s Guide and Resource Book is a useful tool for university leaders and faculty who are concerned about campus antisemitism and committed to sustaining their institutions as spaces for open exchange and inquiry.
Challenging the ‘Settler Colonialism’ Claim Against Israel
The purpose of applying the accusation of “settler colonialism” to Israel is clear: to delegitimize Jewish presence and sovereignty in Israel by casting Jews as aggressive outsiders who do not belong there.
Challenging the Post-10/7 ‘Genocide’ Claim Against Israel
But tellingly, those very same critics who accuse Israel of perpetrating a genocide against Palestinians also omit the role of Hamas in starting and continuing to fight the war, including by rejecting many offers for a ceasefire.
Challenging the ‘Apartheid’ Claim Against Israel
The false claim that Israel is an “apartheid” state that discriminates against Palestinian Arabs has been promoted on universities and colleges for many years and is a false
accusation that continues to spread.
Campus Faculty Affinity Groups
Since October 7, 2023, faculty have been countering an intolerable spike in campus antisemitism and anti-Israel bias by forming their own affinity groups to support Jewish students, leading solidarity and educational exchange missions to Israel, and writing and speaking out.
New faculty groups that focus on countering antisemitism and supporting a robust discourse about Israel on campus include:
Arizona State University: Jewish Faculty and Staff Association
California State University, Fullerton: Jewish Faculty and Staff Association (JFSA)
California State University, Monterey Bay: Jewish Employee Affinity Group
City University of New York: CUNY Alliance for Inclusion (CAFI)
George Washington University: Faculty and Staff Against Antisemitism and Hate
Kent State University: Jewish Faculty, Staff and Friends Association
Ohio State University: Jewish Faculty and Staff Resource Group
Rutgers University: Jewish Faculty, Administrators, and Staff (JFAS)
Tufts University: Tufts Faculty and Staff for Jewish Resilience
UC Davis, SVM: Jewish Climate Advisory Council (JCAC)
University of Buffalo: Association of Jewish Faculty, Staff, and Friends
University of California, Los Angeles: Jewish Faculty Resilience Group
University of Cincinnati: Israel Initiative Committee
University of Illinois: Faculty for Academic Freedom and Against Antisemitism
University of Maryland, College Park: Faculty Against Antisemitism and for Academic Freedom
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Jewish Faculty and Staff Group (JFS-UNLV)
University of Pennsylvania: Penn Faculty Against Antisemitism
University of South Carolina: Jewish Faculty and Staff Council
University of Southern California: Circle Against Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
Virginia Tech: Jewish Faculty Resource Group
