Larry Summers and Alan Dershowitz join over 100 Harvard faculty and alumni in denouncing student paper’s Israel boycott endorsement An open letter says the editorial was antisemitic.
Harvard Crimson endorses BDS movement, while rejecting antisemitism, in potent symbol of campus sentiment about Israel The student paper’s stance, inspired by campus pro-Palestinian activism, was radically different from past editorials.
Middle East scholars pass resolution endorsing boycott of Israel MESA says it is “endorsing the Palestinian call for solidarity,” and will also boycott Israeli universities.
United States At Tufts, a student campaign urges peers not to join pro-Israel groups — even liberal ones
Politics A marketing firm says an account of why it declined work with a Jewish nonprofit was based on a ‘mistaken’ perception
New York A marketing firm that works with Jewish groups, Big Duck, has nixed a potential client because of its Israel ties
Politics Illinois’ state pension board will divest from Unilever over Ben and Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in West Bank
Culture Sally Rooney: Israeli publishers can’t put out my new book for now, but Hebrew translation ‘would be an honour’