Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

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The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) is an American non-profit organization that produces academic research, seminars, and conferences to study antisemitism.

Harvard professors Alan Dershowitz and Ruth Wisse were co-chairs of ISGAP's international board. The executive committee of its International Academic Board of Advisors included former Canadian Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler and historian Irving Abella.[1] ISGAP's chairman is Natan Sharansky.[2]

History

ISGAP was founded in 2004 by Charles Asher Small from Tel Aviv University[3] as a non-profit organization to produce and support academic research, seminars, and conferences to study antisemitism.[1]

In 2006, Small and ISGAP founded the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA), the first university-based institute dedicated to the study of antisemitism in North America, at Yale University.[4]

In August 2020, ISGAP suspended its operations for 48 hours in solidarity with African Americans during the George Floyd protests.[2]

Activities

ISGAP's flagship program is a two-week conference of more than 80 scholars of antisemitism, approximately 80% of whom are not Jewish. In 2019, the conference was held at

Oxford University.[1]

In November 2023, ISGAP and the National Council of Resistance of Iran published a study entitled "The Corruption of the American Mind." The study found $13 billion in undisclosed foreign funding from Qatar and other authoritarian countries to over 100 American universities to a 300% increase in antisemitism on campuses.[5][6]

In 2023, ISGAP published a report claiming that Texas A&M’s Qatar campus was being used by the Qatari government for nuclear research. Following that, Texas A&M contract with the Qatar Foundation fell under jeopardy. The Texas A&M System Board of Regents voted to authorize A&M President Mark A. Welsh III to terminate the contract and close the campus by 2028. However, Welsh stated that the campus is not involved in any nuclear research and that ISGAP’s claims were “false and irresponsible”. ISGAP’s credibility was questioned and it was also accused of falsely targeting the faculty members named in its report.[7] In 2018, ISGAP was also alleged of being paid $445,000 by Israel, which was nearly 80% of its revenue that year.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lungen, Paul (2019-06-20). "NGO looks to combat anti-Semitism through academia". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. ^
    Jerusalem Post
    . Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Charles Asher Small: Contemporary Global Antisemitism as Rejection of the Other". College of the Holy Cross. September 20, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. Chronicle of Higher Education
    . 2006-09-19. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ Klein, Zvika (2023-11-23). "$13b. in hidden foreign funds linked to 300% antisemitism rise in US universities". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  6. ^ Bernard, Andrew (2023-11-08). "Report: Concealed foreign funding of US colleges linked to antisemitism". Jewish News Syndicate. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  7. ^ "A&M faculty supports Qatar colleagues, criticizes administration". The Eagle. 28 March 2024. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Think tank failed to disclose six-figure grant from Israeli government". Forward. 31 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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