“An overall climate of fear of retaliation and mistrust is the worst I’ve seen in over 20 years in academia,” an assistant professor at a public university in Texas reported.

It’s always seemed to me that this kind of passive voice headline (“Who did the shooting, NYTimes?!”) occurs at roughly the same rate for all sides. Am I totally out of touch, or are people’s social media networks propelling egregious examples into their feed in a biased way?

“It cannot be emphasized enough how unusual it is in Canada for a publicly funded post-secondary institution to so aggressively resist its employees’ attempts to access collective bargaining.” 1/2 lawofwork.ca/on-mcgill-univ…

This draft resolution sounds awesome. As Judge Cleveland explains, the State of Palestine chose law over war. The Court's opinion shows that it is possible to end the occupation and gain independence by lawful means. Implementing it would be a defeat for Hamas, not a "reward."

This is McGill, where I spent five wonderful years. Depressing. Thank god the Islamic Library remains intact.

"Hehe this is totally gonna own the Muslims," the Jewish politician giggled as he ate his pork drizzled in cheese.

“Our work is surveilled by the state. Intimidation tactics coming from the state & admin have an impact on the kinds of discussions we are able to have in class — leaving our students unfamiliar w/ issues that are crucially important & very complex.” rawstory.com/academic-freed…

New poll of American Jewish voters finds they rank Israel ninth out of eleven issues in importance, when deciding who to vote for in November.

Things at West Virginia University look great. Just great. insidehighered.com/news/faculty-i…

I really do think it is fine if people decide they don't want to marry voters who think Haitian immigrants are going to eat their dogs, but many academics have been deeply troubled by this.

For those who are still thinking about "complementarity" in the ICC and whether the Israeli investigative and legal system is robust to hold perpetrators of crimes against Palestinians to account, I have a list of reading suggestions for you:

Everyone’s asking whether Harris would be better off if she’d picked Shapiro. Here’s why the answer to that empirical question aligns perfectly with my policy preferences re. the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. 🧵

Pretty pathetic ⁦Harvard University⁩. What next in your attempt to shield #Zionism from critical scrutiny? thecrimson.com/article/2024/9…

Western University forced to re-think this oppressive policy. cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…

I've read and enjoyed many Jewish Currents pieces. But if its leadership really believes this — that opposing violence against civilians and celebrating it are two equally legitimate perspectives — then something has gone terribly wrong newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…