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Information: April 23, 2025; The Rutgers AAUP-AFT faculty unions recently issued 17 demands to the Rutgers administration outlining how it should respond to the current Administration’s expressed intentions toward American universities. We recognize why these policies are of concern to many Rutgers faculty, including many of our own members, and why the unions have engaged in this issue. However, several of the unions’ demands are worded in ways harmful to the Rutgers Jewish community. We describe these problems below.

Information: January 30, 2025; JFAS Rutgers Co-Leader Gary Rendsburg, Distinguished Professor and Blanche and Irving Laurie Professor of Jewish History, wrote an op-ed for the New Jersey Jewish News about the Rutgers AAUP-AFT vote for divestment from companies supporting Israel and severing ties with Tel Aviv University.

Information: December 1, 2024; Rutgers JFAS Co-Leader, Professor David Greenberg, is quoted in this article about academic freedom, antisemitism, campus unity, and other concerns related to the union’s BDS referendum.

Information: November 5, 2024; by Jewish Faculty, Staff, and Administrators at Rutgers (JFAS-Rutgers) Arguments Against (Nov 11) The Rutgers AAUP-AFT is seeking to pass a controversial, divisive resolution to promote the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, …

Information: February 1, 2024; Since October 7, 2023, JFAS has organized or partnered in organizing events, written open letters, and engaged other campus constituencies with a view to quelling antisemitism on campus and promoting …

Information: December 10, 2023; Organized by Rutgers JFAS (Jewish Faculty, Administrators, and Staff) Dec 10, 2023, 10:00 PM https://dailytargum.com/article/2023/12/letter-to-the-editor-antisemitism-at-rutgers-an-open-letter-from-u-faculty We, the undersigned faculty and staff members at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, …

Information: December 4, 2023; David Greenberg, Martha Greenblatt, and Cynthia Saltzman Dec 4, 2023, 10:00 PM https://dailytargum.com/article/2023/12/letter-to-the-editor-rutgers-faculty-calls-on-union-boards-to-withdraw We are writing to object to statements issued by the executive board of the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union and …