''Anti-Zionism on Campus: The University, Free Speech, and BDS'' is a 2018 book edited by

Andrew Pessin Andrew Pessin is an American philosopher who is currently a professor of philosophy at Connecticut College. Biography Pessin is a graduate of Yale University and holds a PhD from Columbia University. He teaches at Connecticut College. In additi ...

and

Doron Ben-Atar Doron Ben-Atar (born 25 May 1957) is an Israeli-born American historian and playwright. He is a professor of history at Fordham University in New York City. Biography Doron Ben-Atar was born in Kfar Shmaryahu, Israel. His father, Arye Ben-Atar, ...

about anti-Israel political activism and

antisemitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

on American university campuses. Writing in ''

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'',

Gil Troy Gil Troy (born 1961) is an American presidential historian and a popular commentator on politics and other issues. He is a professor of history at McGill University. Troy is the author of nine books, and the editor of two. He writes a column for '' ...

says that it is the first university press book to delve into "systematic assaults against Israel—and by extension Jews".

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, director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory at UCLA, calls it an "important book.".

David Mikics David Mikics is the Moores Distinguished Professor in the Department of English and the Honors College, University of Houston. His book on Stanley Kubrick in the Yale Jewish Lives series was published in 2020. His book about Saul Bellow Saul Be ...

in his article about

Anti-Zionism Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism. Although anti-Zionism is a heterogeneous phenomenon, all its proponents agree that the creation of the modern State of Israel, and the movement to create a sovereign Jewish state in the region of Palestin ...

described it as "new collection of essays by professors and students who have been victims of BDS." ''Anti-Zionism on Campus'' is a collection of first-person accounts by scholars who say they have been the target of antisemitic agitation on American university campuses. Jonathan Kirsch writing in

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called these chapters a "parade of horribles" in which students attending routine social and academic events such as "talks by famous people about their Jewish heritage, campus Shabbat dinners, and Hillel student meetings,” are accosted by protestors shouting anti-Israel slogans.

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