Concerned Law Professors
Law professors are speaking out against rising attacks on free speech, academic freedom and university independence. We stand in solidarity with colleagues across the country — including Concerned Jewish Faculty Against Antisemitism — who condemn those who weaponize antisemitism to justify the violent repression of peaceful protest, political dissent, and open inquiry on our campuses.
Over 530 Law Professors Condemn House GOP’s assault on free speech and academic freedom at Rutgers.
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450 Law Professors Denounce Violent Repression of Peaceful Anti-War and Pro-Palestinian Protests
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Over 600 Jewish Faculty Support Rutgers Agreement to Build Arab Cultural Center.
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Nearly 1,300 Jewish Faculty denounce congressional efforts to conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
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The [GOP House] committee is leveraging antisemitism in a wider effort to caricature and demonize universities as hotbeds of “woke indoctrination.”
-Columbia University Jewish Faculty Reject Weaponization of Antisemitism
As Jews, we can promote peaceful protest while keeping all of our Jewish students, faculty, and
– Indiana University Jewish Faculty, Staff, Students & Alumni Condemn Treatment of Student Protests
staff safe. Ironically, the repressive actions of the administration and the ISP, . . . are the source of violence and lack of safety.
But we also expect the university to distinguish between antisemitism and criticism of Israel, between Jews and Zionists, between an identity and a political stance. Our safety and our freedom of expression–as well as those of our colleagues and students–depends on it.
-UW-Madison Jewish Faculty, Staff and Students
We also reject the narrative pitting Jews against pro-Palestine protesters. This narrative ignores the diversity of the Jewish community and the presence of Jews within the protest movement.
-UCLA Jewish Faculty and Staff Open Letter
But the Committee’s attacks against the [Rutgers] Center and Professor Aziz do not represent an earnest effort to reckon with antisemitism at Rutgers, or elsewhere: they are part of a cynical campaign to censor dissenting speech and delegitimize open and inclusive academic inquiry and engagement.
-530+ Concerned Law Professors
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