“The academic movement to boycott Israeli institutions has roiled the American university system, polarizing scholars and activists on both sides. The American Studies Association (ASA) voted to endorse a boycott of Israeli universities in December 2013; the Modern Language Association (MLA), after its members spent weeks debating the merits of the ASA’s vote, passed a resolution in January criticizing Israel’s restrictive entry and residency policies. These developments have since created a division bell between scholars, university leaders, students and professors alike: a hotly contested debate about one of the major geopolitical, civil rights issues of our time.” - Jonathan Hahn, Executive Editor, Los Angeles Review of Books

Read all eight essays from leading voices on both sides of the debate.