BIAJS Statement on War in Israel Over the weekend, we watched in horror as Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, kidnapping, killing, and injuring civilians. The region is now at war, and many people in Israel and Palestine are suffering the consequences. On behalf of the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies, we … Continue reading BIAJS Statement on War in Israel
Statement on the University of Lucerne’s Jewish Studies Post
The committee of the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies is both surprised and disappointed at the University of Lucerne’s recent decision to advertise a post in Jewish studies for which applicants must be a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Regardless of how the university’s Faculty of Theology interprets the interplay between Swiss … Continue reading Statement on the University of Lucerne’s Jewish Studies Post
Statement regarding the University of Edinburgh’s response to the talk by Dr Salman Abu Sitta on the British Mandate Period, 8 November 2022
STATEMENT BY THE ANTISEMITISM WORKING GROUP, BIAJS REGARDING: THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH’S RESPONSE TO THE TALK BY DR SALMAN ABU SITTA ON THE BRITISH MANDATE FOR PALESTINE, 8 NOVEMBER 2022. As the Antisemitism Working Group at the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies, we express our profound concern at the response of the University … Continue reading Statement regarding the University of Edinburgh’s response to the talk by Dr Salman Abu Sitta on the British Mandate Period, 8 November 2022