BDS Impact on Academic Professional Organizations
A Lecture by Prof. Samuel Edelman, ACFI Executive Director at
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Published on Dec 15, 2015
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Published on Dec 15, 2015
Professor Samuel M. Edelman, executive director of the newly-created Academic Council for Israel, has been in the forefront of fighting BDS activities for years. He speaks about the most recent boycott resolution passed by the National Women's Studies Association and the resolution currently being voted on by the American Anthropological Association as well as other BDS activities generated by faculty. He also discusses strategies for combating these anti-Israel activities in a strategic manner.
Dr. Samuel M. Edelman is one of the founding faculty members of the Academic Council for Israel. He is also an Academic Fellow and adjunct professor of Israel Studies and Zionism at the University of Miami’s Miller Center for Judaic Studies. He is the former Director of the Israel on Campus Coalition Academic Affairs Department and the National Academic Network and its Fellows Program. He has served as the executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is also a CSU Chico emeritus professor of Jewish, Israel and Holocaust Studies as well as Rhetoric and Communication Studies.
Dr. Samuel M. Edelman is one of the founding faculty members of the Academic Council for Israel. He is also an Academic Fellow and adjunct professor of Israel Studies and Zionism at the University of Miami’s Miller Center for Judaic Studies. He is the former Director of the Israel on Campus Coalition Academic Affairs Department and the National Academic Network and its Fellows Program. He has served as the executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is also a CSU Chico emeritus professor of Jewish, Israel and Holocaust Studies as well as Rhetoric and Communication Studies.
