Nonprofit: Feds should continue to monitor antisemitism at NYU
The Biden administration could soon decide that the university has adequately addressed problems raised by Jewish students
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(JTA) — The U.S. Education Department told Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to revise its federally funded Middle East Studies program because of an alleged pro-Islam bias. The assistant secretary for postsecondary education, Robert King, wrote in a letter to university officials last week that programs run by the…
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Fast Forward Trump education dept. adopts controversial new definition of antisemitism
The definition includes some criticism of Israel — “demonizing” it, applying double standards to it unlike other countries, or denying its right to exist.
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Fast Forward Anti-BDS Activist Approved For Top Education Civil Rights Post
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Kenneth Marcus, who founded a Jewish organization dedicated to fighting bias, won Senate approval for a top Education Department civil rights post without a single Democratic vote. On Thursday, the Senate voted 50-46 to support the Marcus nomination as assistant secretary for civil rights. A number of centrist and right-wing pro-Israel groups…
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Fast Forward A Trump Nominee Makes Jewish Groups Choose Between Israel And Sexual Harassment
WASHINGTON (JTA) — If there’s overlap between Hillel and the National Council of Jewish Women, it’s in two areas: defending Israel and combating violence against women on campus. Leaders of the campus Jewish organization took a look at the record of Kenneth Marcus, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run civil rights at the Department of…
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Fast Forward Muslim School Dumps Teacher For Saying Adam and Eve Aren’t Real
A New York City private day school serving Muslim students fired a publicly-funded English teacher for saying that the biblical story of Adam and Eve is “a myth,” the New York Post reported. Nina Kossman, a teacher with the city’s Department of Education assigned to teach English at the Razi School in Queens, was kicked…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Al Franken Denounces Betsy DeVos As ‘Fundamentally Incompetent’
Al Franken, the Minnesota comedian-turned-senator, was dead serious in his critique of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, as she was confirmed to her post on Tuesday after a tie in the Senate. “It’s not a job for amateurs who don’t know the first thing about education,” he said in a statement issued after the Senate voted….
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Fast Forward U.S. Rejects Columbia Civil Rights Claim
The U.S. Department of Education has rejected a civil rights complaint alleging unfair treatment of a Jewish student at Barnard College, which is affiliated with Columbia University. Federal authorities cited insufficient evidence as the reason for rejecting the claim, which stemmed from an Orthodox student’s claim that Barnard Professor Rachel McDermott warned her against taking…
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