I’m a Jew who teaches at Rutgers. Our campuses must stop trying to pacify the government over antisemitism
A spate of recent university settlements with the Department of Education has troubling implications for free speech
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Fast Forward Rutgers is latest university to settle Dept. of Education antisemitism investigation
Agreement includes anti-harassment training following hundreds of discrimination complaints from Jewish, Arab and Muslim students
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Fast Forward From protest skits to full-time surveillance, universities and Jewish groups hope to change the campus climate as the school year begins
Schools are improvising different ways to keep Jewish students safe as campus protests seem likely to continue
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Fast Forward Rutgers Jewish students, faculty decry ‘intimidating’ environment ahead of congressional hearing
The letters from Jewish students come a day before the university president is slated to testify at a congressional hearing on antisemitism
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Opinion Yes, antisemitism is rising. But pro-Palestinian protests aren’t the real threat to our campuses
University administrations are complicit in a political movement that's making students feel more insecure
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Fast Forward Rutgers University student governments vote overwhelmingly to divest from Israel
The student governments of two campuses also voted to push the university to end its partnership with Tel Aviv University
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Fast Forward Rutgers joins growing list of schools under GOP House investigation for antisemitism
Harvard, Penn, MIT and UC Berkeley are also under investigation
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Fast Forward Israeli student sues School of Art Institute of Chicago, saying professor targeted her with anti-Israel images
Two other suits allege antisemitism at Rutgers and Canada’s McMaster U, while feds probe Islamophobia claim at San Diego State
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