Columbia University mulling reinstating student groups critical of Israel
The school is now involved into a lawsuit brought on behalf of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace
The school is now involved into a lawsuit brought on behalf of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace
The task force says that since Oct. 7, Jewish students are treading an ideological minefield and lack support from the administration
“Chile has joined Bolivia and Iran in condemning Israel and omitting the horrible crimes suffered by its civilian population on October 7th," the Jewish Community of Chile group wrote in response
JTA — A federal complaint has been filed against Columbia University accusing the school of anti-Semitic discrimination. It is the first case filed since President Donald Trump’s executive order on combating anti-Semitism, which grants Jewish students the same protections as other minority groups. The order came under intense scrutiny as it classified Jewish students as…
NEW YORK (JTA) — The prime minister of Malaysia defended his past anti-Semitic statements and questioned the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust in a speech at Columbia University. “I am exercising my right to free speech. Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews, when a lot of people say…
(JTA) — A Columbia University professor wrote on Facebook that the only difference between Israel and the Islamic State is that Zionist columnists defend the Jewish state’s “terrorist cause.” Hamid Dabashi, a professor in the university’s Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, wrote this last week, triggering an outcry by pro-Israel students….
(JTA) — The office of a Jewish professor at Columbia University was spray painted with anti-Semitic graffiti. Swastikas were spray painted on two walls of the office of Elizabeth Midlarsky, professor of psychology and education, at Columbia Teachers College. The word “YID” also was spray painted on a wall of the office of the professor,…
Two Ivy League universities got called out about their statements addressing the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, as they failed to mention the tragedy was an act of anti-Semitism. The leaders of Columbia University and Dartmouth College shared vague statements with their students earlier this week regarding the shooting, where 11 people were killed…
שמעון נויבערג דערקלערט דעם חילוק צווישן אַלט־ייִדיש און מיטל־ייִדיש און די ביכער, שרײַבערס, לייענערס און דרוקערײַען פֿון יענער תּקופֿה