Critics say Hillel International's antisemitism trainings are used to suppress pro-Palestinian speech on campus
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Adam Horowitz
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This article argues that Hillel International's antisemitism training programs and Campus Climate Initiative are being used as tools to suppress pro-Palestinian speech, activism, and academic freedom on U.S. college campuses. It uses the case of Savneet Talwar, a tenured professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who was suspended and investigated for assigning students to develop work related to Palestine, as a key example. The piece contends that these initiatives, framed as combating antisemitism, actually function to normalize racism, Islamophobia, and the silencing of liberation-oriented political thought, serving a broader Zionist and right-wing agenda.
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Her offense? An assignment that 'asked students to develop'
Hillel International's antisemitism trainings and Campus Climate Initiative are wolves in sheep's clothing, designed to ensure that Palestine-related speech, protest, and even thought are rendered forbidden on U.S. college and university campuses.
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