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FACULTY FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND AGAINST ANTISEMITISM includes members from a variety of departments and disciplines. Among them are Anesthesiology, Anthropology, Architecture, Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, Business, Chemistry, Classics, Communications, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Criminology, Engineering, English, Environmental Sciences, History, Law, Library Sciences, Linguistics, Marketing, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Psychology, Religion, Social Work, Sociology, Speech and Hearing Science, Statistics, Theatre, and Women’s Studies.

Letter about 10/22 UIUC Antisemitic Lecture

We write to you as senior administrators at UIUC or its Colleges therein whose units are co-sponsoring a fiercely anti-Jewish event: the presentation “Reproductive Genocide in Gaza: A Feminist Approach to Genocide” by Bayan Abusneineh.

SJP Request for Hamas Massacre Celebration Rally

The UIC chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has applied for approval to hold a rally (a “quad takeover”) to express its support for and commemorate Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks on their one-year anniversary.

9/24 Statement about Mohammad Darawshe

FACULTY FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND AGAINST ANTISEMITISM announces its
complete, unequivocal opposition to the campaign that Students for Justice in Palestine
(SJP) is waging against visiting instructor Mohammad Darawshe and the UIUC Center
for Global Studies.

Richard Ross 9/24 Statement to Trustees

I want to focus on an issue that is still outstanding and is of concern to the Jewish community. This is the problem of departmental political statements.

August 2024 FAFAA Advice to UIUC Student Affairs and LAS Regarding I-Teams Proposal

We write to University Administrators to express grave concerns over the LAS I-Team proposal that was recently sent out.

FAFAA Letter About Conduct Covered by UIUC Campus Administrative Manual

Our letter to UIUC reflecting on proposed revisions to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Administrative Manual (CAM).

Public Announcement of FAFAA Recommendations About Campus Administrative Manual

Our opinions on the proposed revisions to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Administrative Manual (CAM) and on future revisions that could be made.

Open Letter to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees

We are writing as the executive committee of a new faculty organization, Faculty for Academic
Freedom & Against Antisemitism.

Advisory Memo from FAFAA to UIUC Administrators

Read our memo addressed to Chancellor Jones, Provost Coleman, and Vice Chancellor Garrick, which lays out our perspective in detail and works through our recommendations to them.

FATHOM Essay Analyzing Our Challenges

Faculty for Academic Freedom and Against Antisemitism: Mission Statement and Background Information.

Times of Israel Article

Jewish Professors Fight for Israel and Against Far Left Fascists in Colleges

Open Letter Co-Organized and Endorsed by FAFAA

An academic boycott against Israel is selective, unfair, and counterproductive.

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