Indivisible
The Israeli Academy after October 7th
In March 2024, with the war raging and an epidemic of boycotts of Israelis spreading, 25 Yale professors traveled to Israel.
“[I]t was very difficult to restart life and go back to research when our students are still fighting and defending Israel.
“I feel very betrayed by the feminist movement … when women were brutally raped and tortured and kidnapped, the feminist movement turned on us.”
People are unwilling to write letters of recommendation for our faculty members. A professor biology at Penn, wrote, “I really appreciate the work of Dr. ---. I think [his work is] groundbreaking. But because of the activities of your government, I refuse to write a letter recommendation.” We're seeing this more and more.
“I belong to the Arab Druze community which is a small minority in Israel. I never felt like a second lass citizen in Israel.”
“There's no apartheid here. This is where we listen to each other. There is understanding, there's a hope for a future.”
“I’m an Arab from Israel. Our mission is to help students, faculty and staff from different backgrounds present their narrative(s). [Some of them] are the people who are leading critics of the bad things in Israel.”
What you think you know about Israel and Israeli universities might be all wrong. It’s important to hear from Israelis. It’s important to get the facts. Let this short film be the beginning of your investigation.
A documentary featuring Jewish, Arab, Christian, Muslim, and Druze academics.
After October 7, the single deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, 25 academics from Yale University traveled to Israel to bear witness to a second, less visible attack. The attack on Israeli academics and institutions.
Testimonials
“I am proud to collaborate with Israelis who are experts in my field, and I have done so my entire 20+-year career. I have seen direct messages documenting that Israelis have had an increasingly hard time getting publications, grants, and external promotion reviews – simply because they are Israeli. This is wrong. Indivisible confirms these observations and illustrates their real, personal impact.”
“In this day and age when we hear so much negativity about academia, Indivisible presents
a tender and hopeful portrait of coexistence
through academic cooperation.”
Amber Gum
Professor of Behavioral Health Science and Practice, Fulbright Scholar to Israel, 2016 | Co-Chair, Heterodox Academy Campus Community, University of South Florida
Rabbi Diana Fersko
Author of “We Need to Talk About Antisemitism”
“I was incredibly impressed by the manner in which Israel has historically integrated Palestinian Israelis into the health care system at every level for both patients and providers.”
Jeff Weinreb
Mission Participant
