Campus Antisemitism
“The whole scheme for preventing discrimination is meaningless unless it is enforced,” education attorney Marleen Sacks told JNS.
The added cost “puts an enormous strain on school budgets,” Prizmah CEO Paul Bernstein told JNS.
Civil-liberties groups argue that the request violates First Amendment rights, while the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says it is a standard investigative procedure.
Tal Ben-Zvi says the Stevens Institute of Technology denied religious accommodations and retaliated after he filed a federal Jew-hatred complaint.
“To Jewish students and faculty members of Columbia University: What do you think of the mayor inviting a Jew-hater for dinner?” wrote the chair of the Justice Department task force on Jew-hatred.
“Schools are taking more action, but we are still at heightened levels of antisemitic incidents on campus,” the Anti-Defamation League told JNS.
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, of the AMCHA Initiative, told JNS that the “issue is not just about Jews and Israel” but about “misuse of the institution.”
The settlement helps “to ensure that Jewish and Israeli students and faculty are treated as equal and valuable members of the campus community,” Oleg Ivanov, of the StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice, told JNS.
Many students at elite schools think “if you are smart enough to be here, you should have moved past religion,” the lead author of a new study told JNS.
“If every campus suddenly had professors willing to do this, we wouldn’t need Qatar-level money,” Mark Goldfeder, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told JNS.
“It’s hard for me to believe that someone would spend $70,000 to $80,000 to go to a school where people hate you because of your beliefs,” David Rancourt, vice provost of New College, told JNS. “I assure you that does not happen here.”
“Until the Department of Education or Congress holds these school leaders accountable, we’re going to keep dealing with this festering problem,” Stu Smith, of the Manhattan Institute, told JNS.
