Best Practices and Principles: Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Responsibilities of Students and Faculty
The Academic Engagement Network and Hillel International partnered to create “Best Practices and Principles” to assist in protecting and advancing the goals and values of higher education: the discovery and dissemination of knowledge and respect for free inquiry and diversity of viewpoints.
Refuting ‘Scholasticide’ Claims
The once obscure term “scholasticide” has become vernacular in academic circles.
An unsubstantiated accusation, “scholasticide” claims that Israel is deliberately destroying Palestinian educational institutions, and therefore, according to anti-Israel activists, is deserving of academic boycotts.
This guide, created by the Academic Engagement Network and the Anti-Defamation League, unpacks the weaponization of this false term and equips faculty and students with fact-based responses to refute it.
Fact Sheet: IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
You have to be able to define antisemitism to effectively fight it. Use this one-pager for clarity on the working definition of antisemitism, defined by the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance).
A Guide and Resource Book for Faculty & University Leaders
AEN’s Guide and Resource Book is a useful tool for university leaders and faculty who are concerned about campus antisemitism and committed to sustaining their institutions as spaces for open exchange and inquiry.
Challenging the ‘Settler Colonialism’ Claim Against Israel
The purpose of applying the accusation of “settler colonialism” to Israel is clear: to delegitimize Jewish presence and sovereignty in Israel by casting Jews as aggressive outsiders who do not belong there.
Challenging the Post-10/7 ‘Genocide’ Claim Against Israel
But tellingly, those very same critics who accuse Israel of perpetrating a genocide against Palestinians also omit the role of Hamas in starting and continuing to fight the war, including by rejecting many offers for a ceasefire.
