The American Studies Association has passed a resolution promoted by the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement to single out Israel alone for an academic boycott. 

You can read the whole sordid back story here at Legal Insurrection’s post:

Boycott, Divest and Sanction the American Studies Association

Added: some thoughts on the collectivist’s worshipful groupthink:

Hannah Arendt’s Warning: the Violence of Hive-Mindedness, Groupthink

And some words of Roger Berkowitz, regarding Hanna Arendt’s understanding of controlled groupthink:  “They take pride not only in their dutifulness, but also in their initiative and support for carrying out the goals of the regime.”

From this post:  On Mark Lilla on Hannah Arendt by Roger Berkowitz