Standup for Peace, a comedy duo in which an Arab-American and a Jewish-American promote peace through laughter , will perform on campus tonight — Tuesday, October 17, at 7:00 p.m. in Lerner Hall. Tickets sold on College Walk, Lehman Walk, @ the Lerner Box Office and the Kraft Center (3rd floor).
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Published by Shoshana Olidort October 17th, 2006 in Columbia University. 0 CommentsWalid Shoebat Event Revelations
Published by Shoshana Olidort October 13th, 2006 in Columbia University. 0 CommentsWhile significant controversy over rescinded RSVPS to the speech this week has erupted during the past couple of days, some response from the administration and investigation by the BWOG has offered additional perspective.
On another element of the controversy, BWOG thinks its gotten to the bottom of the case of the plastered Muslim Student Association’s office, based on a claimed original of the relevant flyer supposedly appearing with Lee Kaplan’s e-mail address attached.
On the issue of the rescinded RSVPs, BWOG’s got comment from both sides, with the event-sponsor College Republicans calling the university’s decision to allow only 20 of the 115 registered attendees “unprofessional,” and Chaplain Jewelnel Davis saying, “Wednesday at midday University officials communicated to the student groups that it was unreasonable to present a guest list of some 115 non-CUID holders not known by students for an event that was proposed and approved as a Columbia student event.” In an apparent attempt to show equalt treatment among political viewpoints, Davis further noted, “As it has done on previous occasions, including the Norman Finkelstein lecture last year, University officials limited the number of outside guests to a reasonable number — in this case to 20.”
Contradicting Davis’ claim, BWOG asserts:
According to a Bwog source, the adminsitration tried to pull a similar thing last year at the Finkelstein event, but gave in when the speaker threatened to cancel, and ultimately about 180 non-CUID holders were admitted. Practical? Maybe. Incompetent? You be the judge.
Rashid Khalidi Book Signing
Published by Shoshana Olidort October 10th, 2006 in Columbia University. 0 CommentsThe controversial professor spoke at Labyrinth Books (112th & Broadway) yesterday to discuss his new book, The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood. Khalidi holds the Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies, and is head of the Middle East Institute at Columbia.
Last year, Khalidi made headlines when the New York City Department of Education barred him from participating in a professional-development course offered to public-school teachers. The decision followed allegations of anti-Israel bias among professors at MEALAC, and specific accusations leveled at Khalidi in a NY Sun article, which criticized the professor for using the terms “racist” and “apartheid” to describe the Jewish state. Khalidi denied making the comments.
His book was reviewed in this week’s New York Times Book Review
Polish & Jewish Relations @ SIPA
Published by Shoshana Olidort October 9th, 2006 in Columbia University. 0 CommentsColumbia’s East Central European Center hosted a lecture and discussion this afternoon on “Polish and Jewish Relations Today,” presented by Dr. Laurence Weinbaum, World Council of Jews, Jerusalem.
Walid Shoebat To Speak
Published by Shoshana Olidort October 4th, 2006 in Columbia University. 0 CommentsFormer PLO member turned pro-Israel advocate Walid Shoebat will speak at an event organized by Columbia College Republicans entitled “Hate, Terror, Indoctrination, Redemption and Peace.” Shoebat will be joined by former Nazi Youth member Hilmar von Campe and Zak Anani, former leader of an Arab gang. TheSpectator has a report on the event from Amanda Erickson:
The goal of the evening, said College Republicans President Chris Kulawik, CC ‘08, is to hear from people who have chosen to turn away from violence.
“We hope to get a lot of people there,” he said.
But some students said they were upset by the invitation.
“I don’t even feel that his invitation merits a real response,” said Omar Siddiqi, CC ‘09 and president of the Muslim Students Association. “Any intelligent person on campus won’t give heed to anything he has to say.”
Intifada Day @ Columbia
Published by Shoshana Olidort September 29th, 2006 in Columbia University. 1 CommentPro-Palestinian students gathered on Low Plaza yesterday to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the al-Aqsa Intifada. Apparently the commemoration, which, according to BWOG, involved “Palestinian sympathizers. . . wearing kaffiyehs and angrily puffing on cigarettes,” did not go over very well. The Columbia Spectator reported on the event with the headline, “Intifida Gathering Turns into Heated Affair.”
SIPA Remembers Babi Yar
Published by Shoshana Olidort September 27th, 2006 in Columbia University. 0 CommentsFrom SIPA’s Harriman Institute:
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 12:00pm
Room 1219, International Affairs Building (12th Floor), 420 W. 118th St., Columbia University
The Ukrainian Studies Program, in cooperation with the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, will host the panel discussion:
“REMEMBERING BABYN YAR”
Babyn Yar (Babi Yar), a ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine, was the site of the massacre of Jews, Ukrainians, Gypsies and other civilians by the Nazis in late September 1941.
Panel speakers will include:
Dr. Natan Meir (University of Southampton, lecturer in East European Jewish History and Culture), discussing the history of Jews in Kyiv and the place of Babyn Yar in Kyiv today;
Mr. Vitaliy Pohribnyi (Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations, Political and Media Affairs), discussing the Ukrainian government’s work in the area of Ukrainian-Jewish relations;
Dr. Vladimir Melamed (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Shklar Visiting Scholar), discussing the role of collaboration in the Babyn Yar massacres based on oral histories of Holocaust survivors; and
Mr. Martin Horwitz (American World Jewish Service, Director of Jewish Community Development Fund), discussing debates surrounding the plan to erect a large monument and Jewish community center on the territory of Babyn Yar.
Moderated by Prof. Mark von Hagen, Director of the Ukrainian Studies Program and Chair of Columbia’s Department of History.
For further information, please contact Diana at 212-854-4697 or ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu.
Israeli and American Jewry on Africa
Published by Shoshana Olidort September 25th, 2006 in Columbia University. 0 CommentsTomorrow, September 25th, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. @ Alfred Lerner Hall, Cinema, 2nd floor:
The Earth Institute and the Consulate General of Israel in New York present a panel discussion, “The Global Effort for Africa: Israeli and American Jewish Initiatives.”Featuring:
Haim Divon
MASHAV
Richard C. Holbrooke
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations
Allan Jury
Director of External Relations, World Food Program
Arye Mekel
Consul General of Israel in New York
Ruth Messinger
American Jewish World Service
George A. Obiozor
Nigerian Ambassador to the US
Donald M. Payne
Representative 10th District New Jersey
Will Recant
Joint Distribution Committee
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia UniversityOpen to the public. RSVP is required.
Please RSVP to students@ei.columbia.eduFor further information regarding this event, please contact EI Office of Educational Programs by sending email to students@ei.columbia.edu .
For more information on the Earth Institute visit www.earth.columbia.edu
Rosh HaShana at Columbia
Published by Shoshana Olidort September 21st, 2006 in Columbia University. 0 CommentsServices:
- Reform services in Rennert Hall @ the Kraft Center, September 22, 6:30 p.m. and September 23, 10:00 a.m. Tickets are free for students with Columbia/Barnard/JTS ID’s and are available on the 3rd floor of the Kraft Center.
- Hillel also has free tickets for students to services at a variety of local synagogues (across denominations).
Meals:
Meals are available through Barnard dining and are free of charge to students on the Barnard Kosher meal plan and 12.75 for dinner and 9.75 for lunch for all others.
Chabad is hosting Rosh Hashana meals Friday night, September 22nd, and Saturday night, September 23rd, at the new Chabad House @ 625 113th Street. Meals are free of charge.
Other:
Chabad Rabbi Yonah Blum will be on college walk Sunday to blow shofar for students who missed services.
Mixed reports on Columbia dis-inviting Iranian President Ahmadinejad
Published by Shoshana Olidort September 21st, 2006 in Columbia University. 1 CommentColumbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs apparently extended an invitation to Iranian President Ahmadinejad to speak at the school’s World Leaders Forum. According to Columbia Spectator and JTA, the invitation was accepted but the event, which was scheduled for Rosh Hashana eve, was cancelled because the “school couldnt make proper security and logistical arrangements.” But BWOG reports that Public Affairs Director Robert Hornsby denied the event was ever scheduled. The New York Sun reported that the invitation was shrouded in “secrecy and confusion,” with President Bollinger’s statement about the invitation released just before midnight last night. The same article noted that Columbia’s vice president for public affairs, Susan Brown, denied the invitation, calling it a rumor.
LionPAC, Columbia’s pro-Israel student group posted flyers protesting the event across campus.
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