Campus Antisemitism
“The antisemitic climate at Concord-Carlisle did not emerge overnight. It was allowed to take root and persist,” stated Samantha Joseph of the ADL.
Claire Shipman, the school’s acting president, said the statements were wrong and “do not reflect how I feel.”
Claire Shipman’s messages “cannot be explained by ‘taken out of context,’” Ari Shrage, co-founder of the Columbia Jewish Alumni Association, told JNS.
The House education panel sought “clarity” from Claire Shipman over “messages you sent that appear to downplay and even mock the pervasive culture of antisemitism on Columbia’s campus.”
“Antisemitism has no place in Iowa,” said Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.
“Failure to institute adequate changes immediately,” the federal body said, will “continue to affect Harvard’s relationship with the federal government.”
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression accused the school of cherry-picking and “needlessly” maligning the character of the student.
“Fighting antisemitism means we must understand it,” Rep. Tim Walberg said at the March on Washington for Jewish Civil Rights.
“Given the circumstances and today’s conversations,” university president James Ryan wrote that he could leave effective immediately but “no later than Aug. 15, 2025.”
“We must distinguish between protected speech and conduct that violates civil rights,” the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights stated.
“The committee must understand not only whether there was a hostile environment,” the letters stated, “but whether the college adequately responded to incidents.”
MIT “has failed to acknowledge that it has a real antisemitism problem or take appropriate actions that deal with it,” a Brandeis Center lawyer told JNS.
