Campus Antisemitism
A spokesman for the House committee told JNS that “outside groups” that celebrated Oct. 7 are partnering with local schools.
Jewish students at the Ivy League school complained of being harassed on the first day of the new semester.
GMU has referred the video, which calls for a “full liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea,” to the state’s attorney general.
“Anyone who considers themself a genocide scholar should feel embarrassed by this vote,” said Sara E. Brown, a member of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.
The district superintendent claimed people were in danger, because journalists appeared to report that the district would fly Israeli flags on flagpoles outside schools.
Dana Stangel-Plowe told JNS that “too often, students don’t realize that they’re being given a teacher’s worldview instead of multiple perspectives.”
“We will continue to do everything in our power to root out antisemitism in all its forms,” Attorney General Ken Paxton stated.
The University of Palermo distanced itself from the remarks by Luca Nivarra but announced no disciplinary action against him.
“The atmosphere is pervasive” and “has permeated across Europe,” Alina Bricman, of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS.
“We are alarmed by the continued rise of antisemitic incidents on America’s college campuses. No student should be forced to hide their identity out of fear,” read a bipartisan statement.
The chair of the committee wrote to the leaders of three schools about what he called their “failures to address antisemitism, as required under Title VI.”
The groups requested information on the university’s investments and contracts with Israel-connected companies, such as Dell and Raytheon.
