Dear AJC Supporter,

AJC will publish a full-page New York Times advertisement on Wednesday, August 8, that lists the nearly 300 college and university presidents who signed on to a statement by Columbia University President Lee Bollinger denouncing the decision by the United Kingdom's University and College Union to promote a boycott of Israeli educational institutions.

The appeal to U.S. college and university presidents to follow Bollinger's example came from eight of their colleagues: Jehuda Reinharz, president, Brandeis University; Robert J. Birgeneau, chancellor, University of California, Berkeley; Richard Herman, chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Donna E. Shalala, president, University of Miami; Henry S. Bienen, president, Northwestern University; Graham B. Spanier, Pennsylvania State University; Lawrence S. Bacow, president, Tufts University; M. Lee Pelton, Willamette; and, Harold Shapiro, president emeritus, Princeton University.

Please review the attached list of presidents. We plan to add to the list on the AJC website after the ad is published, so kindly contact, if necessary, your alma mater. Anyone who wants to sign the statement should contact Ben Cohen at cohenb@ajc.org.

Best regards,
Kenneth Bandler
Director of Communications