Tag: Schools & Higher Education
ADL updates antisemitism levels at 85 campuses: 12 better, three worse
Updated analysis from the Anti-Defamation League shows progress at American academic institutions that are strengthening their approach to countering antisemitism on campus. Still, it assesses that three top universities have fallen further in their...
Massachusetts Jew-hatred summit aims to change policies, rein in teachers association
Students and teachers put the Massachusetts Teachers Association under a microscope and legislators promised action at a virtual summit on combating antisemitism hosted by affected Bay State organizations on June 10.
Billed as a “community...
Santa Monica College professors assign ‘anti-Israel propaganda’
Professors at Santa Monica College required students to adopt antisemitic views in their assignments, according to StandWithUs.
“Your students are so afraid of retaliation from SMC administration, faculty and other students that they have asked to remain...
Manhattan prep school leader resigns after calling task force ‘power play by Jewish families’
A Manhattan private school that charges a yearly tuition of $63,400 has seen a change in leadership following overt efforts to fight antisemitism.
On Monday, head of school David Lourie announced plans to step down from his...
Lawsuit: Jews endure ‘pervasive ostracization’ at California College of Arts
Soon after Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in southern Israel, professors and students at California College of Arts trumpeted “Decolonization is not a dinner party,” alleges Karen Fiss, a professor at the San Francisco...
Settlement in suit against Columbia University to create ‘safe passage liaison’
A lawsuit filed against Columbia University by an unnamed Jewish student in her second year has resulted in an agreement to expand security to students who feel unsafe on campus.
On Tuesday, as part of a settlement...
House panel tells five US agencies to review funding of schools with Jew-hatred
The U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space and Technology Committee wrote to leaders of five U.S. departments and agencies—the Department of Energy, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency and NASA—on Thursday...
Rep. Lawler addresses 600 graduates of Touro, accepts honorary degree
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), who introduced the Antisemitism Awareness Act into Congress, received an honorary degree from Touro University at its 50th annual commencement.
The congressman addressed the nearly 600 graduates and their families at the 50th...
Jewish students, blocked from UCLA campus, file suit against school
The University of California, Los Angeles allegedly allowed pro-Hamas protesters to prevent Jewish students from entering campus this spring, according to a lawsuit.
On Wednesday, three Jewish students—Yitzchok Frankel, Joshua Ghayoum and Eden Shemuelian—filed suit against their school, charging...
The ‘free Palestine’ disconnect
While “pro-Palestinian” demonstrators take full advantage of the privilege and freedoms that America offers—speech, assembly, plush campuses, deluxe tents—they exuberantly chant “Death to America” and support Hamas, an Islamist terrorist group that oppresses its...