Campus Antisemitism
Jeff Rosen, district attorney for Santa Clara County, told JNS that the group’s actions were illegal, “and that is why we will retry the case.”
In his ruling, Judge Jeffrey Trapani wrote that the protest did not appear to cause a “substantial disruption.”
“We are glad to see the court rejected FDU’s efforts to rewrite the law, rewrite history, and rewrite the definition of Jew-hate for the 21st century,” litigation counsel for the National Jewish Advocacy Center stated.
The bill aims to incorporate the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism into state education policy.
It also finds that most parents weigh the current environment for Jewish students when choosing a college.
“The student organization was suspended for violations of university policies,” a spokesperson for the D.C. school told JNS.
“I regret that I conveyed a lack of compassion and care and good sense to those people,” Liz Magill said of her testimony to Congress in December 2023.
A professor, who has worked at the Philadelphia-area school for 19 years, told JNS he can’t believe it “has turned against the Jewish community in such a horrendous way.”
Alyza Lewin, of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, told JNS that some of the things that speakers said at the event raised “concerns in my mind.”
Magda Teter, a professor of history at Fordham University, stated that she is “looking forward to exploring these complex issues with different audiences.”
Rebecca Schgallis, who directs CAMERA’s K-12 program, stated that the report is a “warning to communities nationwide.”
“No number of ‘teach-ins’ can erase the atrocities committed by Gazan terrorists,” stated Brandy Shufutinsky, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
