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University of HaifaUniversity of Haifa Outlaws the Israeli National anthem, HatikvaAt a recent graduation ceremony for law school students, the singing of Hatikva was prohibited. Evidently the decision was that of the law school dean, Prof. Niva Elkin-Koren. Her email is elkiniva@law.haifa.ac.il. Hatikva was evidently banned because of fears that singing it could offend the delicate sensitivities of University of Haifa Arab students. Their sensitivities are already under assault because there are Israeli flags at the University, and because the University holds Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies and Israeli Memorial Day ceremonies. I have seen with my own eyes Arab students singing the PLO "national anthem" on campus and also waving PLO and Hamas flags. The university has not banned that. The law school at the University of Haifa is well known as a den of radical leftists. Maariv reports the story (in Hebrew, here: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/253/445.html) Ben Dror Yemini, depiuty editor at Maariv, denounced the University of Haifa for this (here in Hebrew). He described the decision as "academic hooliganism" and as evidence of the suppression of real academic freedom by Israel's Arab nationals and radical Jewish leftists. Want to complain? Write to:
University
of Haifa:
Rector of
the University of Haifa
Chairman of the Board of Governors
University of Haifa Outlaws the Israeli National anthem, Hatikva You better be sitting down for this one. It seems that it is now prohibited to sing the Israeli national anthem, Hatikva, at the University of Haifa. At a recent graduation ceremony for law school students, the singing of Hatikva was prohibited. Evidently the decision was that of the law school dean, Prof. Niva Elkin-Koren. Her email is elkiniva@law.haifa.ac.il. Hatikva was evidently banned because of fears that singing it could offend the delicate sensitivities of University of Haifa Arab students. Their sensitivities are already under assault because there are Israeli flags at the University, and because the University holds Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies and Israeli Memorial Day ceremonies. I have seen with my own eyes Arab students singing the PLO "national anthem" on campus and also waving PLO and Hamas flags. The university has not banned that. The law school at the University of Haifa is well known as a den of radical leftists. Maariv reports the story (in Hebrew, here: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/253/445.html)
Ben Dror
Yemini, depiuty editor at Maariv, denounced the University of Haifa
for this (here
in Hebrew). He described the decision as "academic hooliganism"
and as evidence of the suppression of real academic freedom by
Israel's Arab nationals and radical Jewish leftists. He denounced
the University of Haifa for running a pro-Arab "legal clinic" in
collaboration with the Arab anti-Israel NGO Adalah. To learn just
what Adalah is, go to
http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/adalah. Want to complain? Write to:
University
of Haifa:
Rector of
the University of Haifa
Chairman of the Board of Governors
Here is what Micah Leshem, a fanatically anti-Israel professor of psychology at the University of Haifa had to say about the banning of Hatikva: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Micah Leshem <micah.leshem@psy.haifa.ac.il> Kudos to the Faculty of Law! This is an important step toward being a True University dedicated to universal values rather than sectarian ones. Might I suggest the Universal Student's anthem be more appropriate and less contentious than the religious one for our ethnically varied Faculty and Graduates on this, one of the most significant events in their lives? We all look forward to the day when the other Faculties and Schools in our University follow this commendable first step toward equality, decency, tolerance, and mutual respect. Micah
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