Campus Antisemitism
U.S. President Donald Trump had touted the anti-Israel activist’s deportation proceeding, while Democrats decried it as “authoritarianism.”
“It is clear that while we have made progress in addressing antisemitism, we have more to do in our shared goal of eradicating it in its entirety,” read a statement by the school’s chancellor, Julio Frenk.
“Every single branch of every single institution there didn’t care about us,” Dahlia Levy, a former Scripps College student, told JNS.
The two New York Democrats said the Trump administration isn’t “as serious about antisemitism as they claim.”
“I want the Jewish community to know that I understand their concerns and unique history of constantly being a victim of unprecedented and unwarranted attacks,” the New York City mayor said.
Columbia has abandoned its obligation to Jewish students “for too long,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated.
“It’s time for the government to send in the National Guard, so the students who paid $70,000 for an education can simply go to class,” Ari Shrage, head of Columbia’s Jewish Alumni Association, told JNS.
“We must not allow the actions of a few interfere with our mission,” said Laura Rosenbury, the college president.
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on administrative leave, according to Alden Ferro, a spokesman for the university in New Haven, Conn.
“Disrupting classes and defacing buildings to intimidate and divide our community is not academic exploration,” Laura Rosenbury, the college’s president, wrote in an op-ed.
“Strong statements are not enough,” the chairman of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy tells JNS.
“It’s a crisis threatening the safety and dignity of Jewish students,” Jacob Baime, CEO of ICC, told JNS.
