Tag: Columbia University
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...
Federal agents arrest former Columbia student, who led protests
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, coordinating with the U.S. State Department, arrested Mahmoud Khalil, who completed his graduate studies at Columbia University in December, "in support of President Trump's executive orders prohibiting antisemitism,"...
Citing Jew-hatred, Trump admin axes $400 million in federal funding to Columbia
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it canceled about $400 million worth of contracts with and grants to Columbia University, citing what it said is the public school's inaction in the face of...
In line to enter campus, Columbia students endure anti-Israel activists
With the start of the new academic year at Columbia University in New York City, visitors needed to pass through security while dozens of demonstrators yelled slogans opposing the school and the Jewish state.
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Ramaz School graduates not headed to Columbia University this fall
Not a single graduate of the Ramaz School, a Jewish college-prep institution in New York City, will head to Columbia University this academic year—something that hasn’t happened in decades.
“For the first time in over 20 years,...
Foxx: Columbia provided criminal protesters a ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’
Columbia University in New York City continues to come in for criticism on charges that it has failed to adequately address an increasingly hostile environment for Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus.
The House’s Education...
Columbia removes three deans who mocked campus Jew-hatred event
Columbia University announced on Monday that it “permanently removed” three senior administrators who mocked concerns about Jew-hatred on campus.
Minouche Shafik, the Ivy League school’s president, wrote that the text message exchanges were “very troubling.”
“This...
Political inaction fuels rising antisemitism
As second gentleman Douglas Emhoff joined the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tree of Life Synagogue memorial in Pittsburgh, his presence highlighted a stark contradiction: While government officials pay lip service to combating antisemitism, their...
In our name: A message from Jewish students at Columbia University
To the Columbia Community:
Over the past six months, many have spoken in our name. Some are well-meaning alumni or non-affiliates who show up to wave the Israeli flag outside Columbia’s gates. Some are politicians...