Tag: CUNY
The dormant Department of Justice
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has announced that it has finally concluded two of its many pending investigations into Title VI violations of the rights of Jewish students. These investigations were prompted by...
#EndJewHatred leads protest against CUNY
The group #EndJewHatred held a rally outside the City University of New York’s (CUNY) chancellor’s office in Manhattan on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., attended by approximately 150 people.
“Jew-hatred has become systemic within the CUNY system, and...
Look who’s in charge of protecting the Jews at CUNY
In response to public outrage over the pervasive, systemic, years-long scandal of antisemitism at CUNY, the university formed its inaugural Advisory Council on Jewish Life. At first, Chancellor Matos Rodríguez refused the demands of Jewish faculty...
2024 candidates mostly silent on bill to hold schools fiscally accountable for antisemitism
A bill that Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) introduced late last month, H.R.3773, which now has 14 co-sponsors, aims to amend the 1965 Higher Education Act to bar colleges and universities that host antisemitic events from...
Hypocrisy is the ‘mother of all evil’
“Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favorite child.” — Don King
What is remarkable about hypocrisy, and perhaps people in general, is that anyone can be a hypocrite...
CUNY condemns law student’s commencement ‘hate speech’
A few days after video footage recirculated on social media of an antisemitic commencement speech by a law student at City University of New York on May 12, the public university’s board of trustees and chancellor...
CUNY investigation retaliatory, Jewish professors say
Two Jewish professors at Kingsborough Community College say the New York City community college is targeting them with retaliatory investigations for their complaints about antisemitism on campus. They further allege that the college and...
CUNY pulls former CAIR staffer from anti-Zionism investigation
The City University of New York (CUNY) has reversed course after it assigned a former employee of a vehemently anti-Israel NGO to investigate allegations of anti-Zionist discrimination.
The probe came at the request of Prof....
Hearing gets intense over accusations of growing anti-Semitism at CUNY schools
The New York City Council postponed an early June hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses to accommodate the schedule of the chancellor of the City University of New York.
At the rescheduled hearing on Thursday, Chancellor Felix...
New York City Council launches investigation into anti-Semitism on college campuses
The New York City Council said it has had enough of CUNY.
Days after a council member pulled her discretionary funding for the City University of New York’s law school in response to its faculty...