Campus Antisemitism
In a letter to the government, Tory MPs cited rising campus harassment of Jews while authorities crack down on rhetoric loathed by the left.
“It is a privilege to work and study in the United States, not a right,” the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stated. “There is no room in the United States for brazen, violent acts of antisemitism like this.”
The school has around 500 Jewish students.
Elom Tettey-Tamaklo listed on his LinkedIn page that he is a graduate teaching fellow at the university, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
“Every employee deserves an environment free from harassment tied to their faith or Jewish identity,” the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.
Rep. Tim Walberg told JNS that “it’s clear that foreign nations are working to smuggle antisemitism and divisive ideologies into our K-12 schools.”
Jew-hatred activists “turned campuses into battlegrounds after Oct. 7, while schools “stood by or actively joined the chaos,” Linda McMahon said.
“The Pandora’s box of antisemitism has been opened,” Hanna Veiler, president of the European Union of Jewish Students, told JNS ahead of a conference on academic antisemitism at the European Parliament.
“We certainly cannot do it by throwing stones from glass houses,” said Democratic Rep. James R. Walkinshaw.
According to the plaintiff’s filing in U.S. district court, the Ivy League school kept lists of Jewish students who were “peaceful” and “protesters” and barred the latter from the November 2023 event.
“This is the accountability boost universities need to guard against foreign influence and protect U.S. research,” said Craig Singleton, of FDD.
The competition run by Tel Aviv University in partnership with Brandeis University is open to Hebrew learners aged 12–18 around the world.
