President of black university slams British boycott of Israeli academe - Haaretz

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President of black university slams British boycott of Israeli academe

By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent

The President of Dillard University, a historically black institution in New Orleans, sent a letter this week to Rabbi Marc Schneier, President and Founder of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, strongly stating the school's objection to British calls to boycott the Israeli academe.

"It has come to my attention that there is a movement underway to boycott Israeli academics. We find such efforts anti-ethical to the value of academic freedom and civility," Dr. Marvalene Hughes wrote.

"Dillard is a historically black university that unequivocally detests the effort to silent, isolate, discount and ignore the academic values of free expression and open discourse."

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In response to the letter, Rabbi Schneier said "we are encouraged by President Hughes strong position, similar to the one taken recently by Columbia University president".

Britain's University and College Union called upon its members earlier this year to consider an academic boycott of Israel, which would include holding funding from research projects run by Israeli professors and preventing Israeli lecturers from participating in seminars.

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1.	See, University Presidents in US	00:35	\|	Lynn	20/07/07

2.	Dr. Marvalene and problems with grammar	01:02	\|	Michael	20/07/07

3.	Objection	01:03	\|	Mary	20/07/07

4.	Interesting points	01:05	\|	David	20/07/07

5.	Ask their Contributors	01:30	\|	Dovy	20/07/07

6.	Boycotting Israeli academics	01:38	\|	Academic	20/07/07

7.	G-d bless Dr. Hughes	01:41	\|	Sherman	20/07/07

8.	Seems to me....	02:02	\|	MaryRose	20/07/07

9.	HEY ENGLAND. HOW ABOUT A GIRLCOTT?	02:21	\|	JEFF	20/07/07

10.	#5, dovy	02:29	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	20/07/07

11.	hughes/dillard is blind	02:32	\|	jimmy	20/07/07

12.	Academic Chicago. by your logicYou should be boycotting Russia	02:47	\|	PETER SM	20/07/07

13.	MICHAEL:Get a life	03:15	\|	Brant	20/07/07

14.	# 2 Michael of the UK	03:28	\|	Lynn	20/07/07

15.	Walls	03:39	\|	Ethan	20/07/07

16.	The Boycott (named after the Irish Landlord Capt. Boycott)	03:51	\|	EGW	20/07/07

17.	MICHAEL UK if he was perfect he would be a British accademic !	03:53	\|	PETER SM	20/07/07

18.	#6 Academic	03:58	\|	Lynn	20/07/07

19.	Britain colonized half the world	04:44	\|	Bob Lang	20/07/07

20.	#2 Michael	04:59	\|	paul	20/07/07

21.	british	05:00	\|	Dovid Yanna	20/07/07

22.	End the Occupation DR Hughes check you History	05:12	\|	Abe	20/07/07

23.	funny	05:13	\|	zack	20/07/07

24.	Palestinians are really Egyptians, Jordanians	05:44	\|	Bob	20/07/07

25.	Its Easy to Pick on Israel	06:03	\|	Idan	20/07/07

26.	Abe #22	06:26	\|	paul	20/07/07

27.	Michael`s objections #2	07:11	\|	Shriber	20/07/07

28.	England should be boycot Arab medical schools!!	08:11	\|	Ryan	20/07/07

29.	Response to Abe #22	08:36	\|	Sylvia	20/07/07

30.	How much money was paid to Dr. Hughes?	08:50	\|	Freespirit	20/07/07

31.	An [Embarassment] To Humanity, Academia, "Blacks" & New Orleans.	10:32	\|	An African-American	20/07/07

32.	Correction To The Title: An [Embarrassment] Not [Embarassment].	11:01	\|	An African-American	20/07/07