Refugee crisis panel sparks campuswide conversation
Courtesy of Vassar College While concerned citizens across the world are working out ways to assist in aiding the current refugee crisis in Syria and the Middle East, students and…
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Palestinian-Israeli television creater shares insights, stories
On Monday, March 31, Vassar hosted award-winning author and journalist Sayed Kashua. Kashua, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was the guest lecturer for the Frederick C. Wood lecture series, a…
Letter to the Editor 2/20/14
In “Vassar ignores values behind ASA boycott,” Dann and Massad argued that Israel’s academic institutions are complicit in the oppression of Palestinians. But if we accept that reasoning, the ASA…
Nickelsburg trains lens on America’s longest conflict
A war has not been fought on U.S. soil in over one hundred years, but thousands of miles away soldiers and civilians die and suffer in the longest enduring conflict…
Letter to the Editor 2/13/14
When Remi Kanazi, a Palestinian-American activist and poet who spoke at Vassar on January 28, says one “cannot simultaneously talk about peace and support the Israeli state,” he is saying Israel…
Poet advocates peace in Palestine conflict
Poet Remi Kanazi speaks on the ongoing conflict in Palestine and advocates for peace in the region. Vassar student groups made short presentations in between Kanazi’s readings. Photo By: main11…
Student group explores geo-political Palestinian issues
Last fall, Jeremy Garza ’14 spent his junior semester abroad in the Netherlands, collecting oral histories of queer individuals from the Middle East. The stories he heard inspired Garza to…
Obama’s trip to Israel mends fences, opens windows for Middle East peace, security
Last week, Barack Obama took his first trip to Israel as since being elected as President. This trip, very early in his second term of office, demonstrates his desire to…