A comprehensive center for AAF statements and publications.
The ‘Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism’: A New Stage in the Degradation of the American University
This is not an honest academic institution open to scholarly inquiry and debate. E.g., its aborted conference at NYU & UCSC required participants to affirm anti-Zionist convictions.
Consequences of American Anthropological Association Boycott
The American Anthropological Association announced a boycott of Israeli universities; its Executive Board issued a series of attendant prohibitions on Israeli academia. The transgression of basic principles of academic freedom
AAF Supports University Prep Program for Arab Students in Israel
The Alliance for Academic Freedom supports Hebrew University’s protest against Finance Minister Smotrich’s decision to suspend funding for its preparatory program for Arab students.
Statement on AAA Resolution to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions
,,, academic boycotts are detrimental to the core principles that define the academy, namely the unfettered communication of ideas and the freedom to conduct research without fear of retaliation …
AAF Urges Columbia University to Reject Pressure to Cancel Its Tel Aviv Center
In the spirit of promoting academic freedom and resisting the forces of politicization and discrimination, Columbia University should continue with its plan to open a global center in Tel Aviv.
On Excluding Zionists from Campus Groups
This summer, two Jewish undergraduates at the State University of New York at New Paltz, Cassandra Blotner and Ofek Preis, charged in a complaint to the Department of Education’s Office
MLA Distorts IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
THE ALLIANCE FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM CONDEMNS THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION’S ILL-INFORMED ATTACK ON THE IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM
Critique of CUNY Law School’s Anti-Zionist Action
On May 12, 2022, the faculty of the law school at the City University of New York voted unanimously to endorse a controversial and politically charged BDS resolution passed last December by
MESA Chooses BDS Over Academic Freedom
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION VIOLATES FUNDAMENTAL ACADEMIC FREEDOM PRINCIPLES WITH BDS ENDORSEMENT The Alliance for Academic Freedom (AAF) condemns the March 24, 2022 vote by the Middle East Studies Association