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Opinion Edward Said tried to erase Jews. So do the pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters citing his legacy
I studied at Columbia with Said. His anti-colonial philosophy depended in part on pretending Palestinians were the real Jews
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Fast Forward Major Jewish funder steps back as Columbia University rocked by anti-Israel protests
There were also calls for the resignation of Columbia's president, Nemat Shafik.
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Opinion Not just Columbia: The center of campus resistance is in Israel
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a Palestinian-Israeli professor at Hebrew University, is on her way to becoming the face of university protesters worldwide
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Fast Forward Columbia U. makes classes remote after weekend of anti-Israel protests intimidate and threaten Jewish students
Hillel at Columbia and Barnard College had called on the university to ‘act immediately in restoring calm to campus’
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Fast Forward Rep. Ilhan Omar ‘enormously proud’ of daughter suspended from Barnard for anti-Israel activity
The NYPD arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University on Thursday after its president called their encampment a violation of university policies
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Fast Forward ‘I’m ready to leave this campus’: Jewish students at Columbia feel discomfort and isolation following Thursday’s unrest
In the months since Oct. 7, Columbia has at times felt like a battleground as pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students
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Fast Forward Who is Nemat Shafik, Columbia’s president under fire?
Many accuse Nemat “Minouche” Shafik of exacerbating the turmoil on campus
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Opinion ‘Egregious’: A legal perspective on Columbia University’s mass arrests
Lawyers from the New York ACLU shed light on the university’s ‘shocking’ response to student divestment protests
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