Pitzer College president facing heat for retaining ties with Israel program Melvin Oliver vetoed a student and faculty vote to end Pitzer’s study abroad program in Haifa.
A group promoting high school programs in Israel is blaming its demise on apathy and Birthright Lapid Israel hoped to raise money to lower the cost of the long-term programs. But leaders ask: How do you compete with free?
University of California cancels event celebrating 50 years of studying abroad in Israel The cancellation was linked to the deaths of Palestinian protesters at the border fence between Israel and Gaza.