BDS activists say they successfully pressured a college to end its Israel study-abroad program. Did they? “Going to Israel was ‘social suicide,’” said the new director of Claremont Colleges Hillel. By Andrew Lapin April 4, 2024 1:15 pm
American campuses aren’t the only ones erupting over Gaza. Welcome to Haifa University. The war has torn apart an institution that has been a rare oasis of shared society between Israeli Jews and Arabs. January 23, 2024 1:50 pm
Pitzer College president visits Haifa U to reiterate his opposition to Israel boycott In a historic vote, Melvin Oliver had vetoed a vote by his Southern California school’s council to suspend the study abroad program at Haifa U. May 28, 2019 1:11 pm
Pitzer College president facing heat for retaining ties with Israel program By Marcy Oster March 31, 2019 2:48 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel to receive honorary doctorate from Haifa U September 27, 2018 11:05 am
Israel’s first Arab Rhodes scholar has the chutzpah to love her country, and to try to change it By Andrew Tobin December 14, 2017 12:51 pm
‘Reverse Birthright’ gives Israelis a look at America’s Jews, from Philip Roth to the Three Stooges By Ben Sales June 23, 2016 4:04 pm