Michigan prof. slammed for refusing to write referral letter for student to study in Israel

An anti-Zionist [aka anti Semite] Michigan professor of digital studies at the University of Michigan is being criticized for refusing to write a letter of recommendation for a student. He is not refusing to do so because the student doesn't deserve a letter of recommendation, but because she is applying to study in Israel.

The jerk in question is John Cheney-Lippold and he notified the student, Abigail Ingber of his decision in an email that has since gone viral after Club Z, a Zionist organization posted a screenshot on its Facebook page.

Cheney-Lippold wrote:

"I am very sorry, but I only scanned your first email a couple weeks ago and missed out on a key detail. As you may know, many university departments have pledged an academic boycott against Israel in support of Palestinians living in [the 'make believe country of] Palestine. This boycott includes writing letters of recommendation for students planning to study there."

The Jew-hater denied being an anti-Semite to the Michigan Daily, claiming "the perennial claim of anti-Semitism I fully deny," and said that he was just "following a call by representative of Palestinian civil society to boycott Israel in a very similar tactical frame as South Africa."

Rick Fitzgerald, a University of Michigan spokesman, told Fox News "the university has consistently opposed any boycott of Israeli institutions of higher education," and added that "injecting personal politics into a decision regarding support for our students is counter to our values and expectations as an institution." 

Anti-Semites apparently only want to boycott Israel for the things they can get elsewhere or that they really don't need. Otherwise, they'll pretend the item didn't come from Israel. The video below should assist these idiots in the boycott process.

The university said earlier in a statement that it was "disappointed" in Cheney-Lippold and will engage faculty "in deep discussions to clarify how the expression of our shared values plays out in support of all our students."

The university's leadership, including the president and provost, have publicly denounced boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. The Board of Regents rejected a pro-BDS proposal last November, but it passed the student government because students are taught by leftist professors who tend to be pro-Palestinian in contrast to the rest of the country.

Last year, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law a bill prohibiting boycotts against individuals or public entities of a foreign state.

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted about the incident:

Not acceptable. A student striving to learn and further their education should never be a victim of political bias. The university needs to publicly clarify it opposes the academic boycott of Israel."

The school needs to hire a few more conservative professors too. That would "diversify" the thinking, which the left claims to support.


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