International Academic Friends of Israel

International Academic Friends of Israel

The International Academic Friends of Israel (IAFI) is a non-profit organization of leading academics and scientists set up to support the free and open exchange of ideas within the international academic community,cite web
url = http://www.iafi-israel.org/iafi5.html
title = WHAT does IAFI do?
accessdate = 2006-07-04
publisher = International Academic Friends of Israel] , [cite web
url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_April_14/ai_99989462
title = Leading International Academics and Scientists Form 'International Academic Friends of Israel' Organization
accessdate = 2006-07-04
date = April 14, 2003
work = As found in FindArticles
publisher = Business Wire] and to ensure that Israeli academics are not excluded from that exchange.cite web
url = http://www.iafi-israel.org/iafi4.html
title = What is IAFI?
accessdate = 2006-07-04
publisher = International Academic Friends of Israel] . It is registered as a non-profit organization in the United States and it maintains offices in New York City and Jerusalem, Israel. [http://www.iafi-israel.org/iafi2.pdf International Academic Friends of Israel Brochure] , access July 5 2006]

The worldwide network of academics and scientists was founded in 2003 by Dr. Andrew Marks, Chairman and Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, [cite web
url = http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/physio/faculty/AndrewRMarks.html
title = Andrew R. Marks, M.D.
accessdate = 2006-07-04
work = Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics
publisher = Columbia University] and editor in chief of the "Journal of Clinical Investigation", [cite web
url = http://www.jci.org/misc/editors.shtml
title = Editorial Board
accessdate = 2006-07-04
year = 2006
publisher = American Society for Clinical Investigation] as a result of proposals raised within some academic communities, notably in England, to boycott Israeli academics;cite news
first = Eric J.
last = Greenberg
url = http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=7800
title = A Friend For Israeli Academics
publisher = The Jewish Week
date = April 5, 2003
accessdate = 2006-07-04] proposals that supporters and opponents maintain are either a legitimate response to the Israeli-Arab conflict or an example of what some have described as "new anti-Semitism".cite news
first = Polly
last = Curtis
url = http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/worldwide/story/0,,1573649,00.html
title = Israel boycott feud resurfaces
work = The Guardian
publisher = Guardian Newspapers Limited
date = September 20, 2005
accessdate = 2006-07-04] ,cite journal
last = Gerstenfeld
first = Manfred
year = 2003
month = Fall
title = The Academic Boycott Against Israel
journal = Jewish Political Studies Review
volume = 15
issue = 3 & 4
pages = 9–70
url = http://www.jcpa.org/phas/phas-gersten-f03.htm
accessdate = 2006-07-04 ]

The purpose of the organization is to raise funds to support academic and scientific conferences in Israel, promote networking opportunities for young Israeli researchers now denied such contacts, and publicize Israel’s scientific and academic achievements around the world. The group regularly participates in the "The Global Forum Against Anti-Semitism", [cite web
url = http://www.iafi-israel.org/antisem1004.html
title = IAFI’S ISRAEL DIRECTOR, DAVID LESHNICK, PARTICIPATES IN THIRD GLOBAL FORUM ON ANTI-SEMITISM
accessdate = 2006-07-04
publisher = International Academic Friends of Israel] for which it has been thanked by Israeli Minister for Jerusalem & Diaspora Affairs, Natan Sharansky, for helping address “the threat of anti-Semitism [which] has returned with such dreadful force around the globe requiring our urgent, concentrated and coordinated response.” [cite web
url = http://www.iafi-israel.org/pdf/Sharansky110704.pdf
title = Letter from Natan Sharansky
accessdate = 2006-07-04
last = Sharansky
first = Natan
authorlink = Natan Sharansky
date = November 7, 2004
format = PDF] The group has also worked with American Jewish Congress to “thwart efforts to isolate Israel's academic experts in the fields of medicine, medical technology, high-tech, and biotech.” cite web
url = http://www.ajcongress.org/content/06AnnualReport.asp
title = Taking a Chance to Make a Difference
accessdate = 2006-07-04
year = 2006
work = 2005 Year End Report
publisher = American Jewish Congress]

External links

* [http://www.iafi-israel.org Organization website]

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