Campus Antisemitism
The claim alleges wrongful detention and political targeting by the Trump administration after his arrest for leading anti-Israel protests at Columbia.
A new survey from the nonprofit organization found that nearly 25% of Americans believe that attacks in Colorado, Washington and Pennsylvania were “understandable.”
“Now is the time to finally hold the university accountable and send a clear message that antisemitism will not be tolerated,” Ari Shrage, co-founder of the Columbia Jewish Alumni Association, told JNS.
That GMU leadership “needs a refresher on the primacy of treating individuals equally under law is deeply disheartening,” stated Craig Trainor, assistant secretary for civil rights.
This is “a trend we’re seeing lately with universities very badly treating Israeli students and postdocs,” Rachel Lerman, of the Brandeis Center, told JNS.
According to an official at the Ivy League school in New York City, he chose not to return to the university in a mutual agreement.
The Ivy League school has allowed “antisemitic discrimination to persist unchecked on its campus,” the U.S. education secretary stated.
“Instead of offering real solutions, they propose vague, universalist ‘restorative practices’ to ‘create safe spaces,’” the organizations stated.
Carly Gammill of StandWithUs said the end result reflects “Barnard’s commitment to ensuring equal treatment for its Jewish students.”
This “serves as yet another example of how hostile campuses have become for Jewish faculty and students,” Samantha Joseph, of the ADL, told JNS.
A senior faculty member at the University of Limerick was filmed clutching a student aggressively at an anti-Israel event.
“Boycotts against Israel are divisive to the campus community,” Roz Rothstein, CEO of StandWithUs, told JNS.
