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Dec 14, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
AEN's Section for Women Faculty has released a statement calling out the @nwsa for its failure to speak out about the atrocities committed against Israeli women and girls on October 7. academicengagement.org/wp-content/upl… That an academic association purporting to advance research and scholarship on women and gender would have nothing to say about the extensive r*pe, kidnapping, torture, and degradation of Israeli women and girls is shameful.
Sep 28, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Written by AEN’s @MiriamElman and Raeefa Shams, this article addresses how the Abraham Accords could be harnessed to counter antisemitic discourses outside of the Middle East region. mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/1… @Religions_MDPI @MDPIOpenAccess In particular, Elman and Shams argue that interfaith activities under the framework of the Abraham Accords demonstrate that hostility is not an inevitable response to Israel’s presence in the region.
Jun 24, 2022 23 tweets 6 min read
AEN is deeply dismayed at and disgusted over the “Boston Mapping Project,” an anonymous online resource and organizing tool launched on June 3, 2022, which explicitly targets scores of Jewish institutions throughout the Boston area and across the state of Massachusetts. The Project identifies Jewish nonprofits, social-service organizations, philanthropic foundations, synagogues, and schools for their purported ties to the media, law enforcement, and other government agencies engaged in “U.S. imperialism” and the “colonization of Palestine.”
May 5, 2022 25 tweets 13 min read
This AEN-organized Harvard Faculty statement is in response to @thecrimson's endorsement of #BDS against #Israel. Any faculty member (any rank, any discipline) at @Harvard can sign and share. 👇 harvardfacultystatement.com The initial signatories are @TheAENetwork Advisory Board members @jessefried, @sapinker, and @LHSummers.