Tag: Campus Antisemitism
Jewish ambivalence about fighting antisemitism
Jews have long been champions of freedom of speech in the United States, yet they often have not hesitated to advocate canceling speakers who are antisemitic or virulently anti-Israel. Many Jews feel that those...
US pulls visas from more than 30 additional international students
At least three dozen international students and alumni from Stanford University and colleges within the Univesity of California system recently had their visas revoked by the Trump administration for participation in pro-Palestinian or pro-Hamas...
‘Blind Spot’ documentary on campus antisemitism premieres on JBS
In a timely and urgent cinematic release, the Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS) will host the exclusive television premiere of “Blind Spot” a searing new documentary that confronts one of the most troubling phenomena in...
Yale antisemitism program names inaugural managing director
Scholar and author Linda Maizels has joined the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism as its inaugural managing director, the university announced on Monday.
“We are so fortunate to have hired someone like Linda, who, first...
The grand deception on American campuses
On July 25, 2000, when the second Camp David talks between then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat broke off, I was sitting in the office of the Washington Institute...
Trump’s war on woke universities is essential to fighting antisemitism
In demonstrations at Columbia University and Trump Tower in New York City, as well as on the op-ed pages of liberal newspapers and websites, leftist anti-Zionists headed to the barricades this past week, both...
Columbia says it expelled some anti-Israel students, revoked degrees, issued multi-year suspensions
Columbia University announced on Thursday that it had disciplined students who occupied the Ivy League school’s Hamilton Hall last spring with measures including “multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations and expulsions.”
“The return of suspended students will be...
Democrats still wobbly on antisemitism
As the Trump administration takes an aggressive stand against antisemitism by withdrawing $400 million in grants from Columbia University, seeking to deport a pro-Hamas leader of campus protests at Columbia in the United States...
Education Department issues warning to 60 universities under probes for alleged Jew-hatred
The U.S. Department of Education sent notices to 60 colleges on Monday warning that they could face consequences if they fail to meet their obligations, under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, to protect...
‘We just didn’t matter,’ Jewish students say of alleged antisemitism at California schools
The Anti-Defamation League, Jewish on Campus, StandWithUs and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed complaints earlier this month with the U.S. Department of Education alleging that three California schools—Scripps College, Etiwanda...