Campus Antisemitism
Ofir Akunis, Israeli consul general in New York, thanked the public school’s president “for not remaining silent and for standing up for truth and facts.”
In total, the number of instances rose from 1,853 to 2,334, according to collected data.
“This is more talk and no real actions to address antisemitism on campus,” Ari Shrage, co-founder of the Columbia Jewish Alumni Association, told JNS.
The university president said that Harvard must “prepare for the possibility that the lost revenues will not be restored anytime soon.”
The chief investigative counsel vowed “to ensure that the American people know the true scope of foreign funding and influence on our campuses.”
“We’ve been sounding the alarm for a long time now, and it is completely intolerable,” Josh Landau, director of government relations for Ontario at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, told JNS.
The claim alleges wrongful detention and political targeting by the Trump administration after his arrest for leading anti-Israel protests at Columbia.
A new survey from the nonprofit organization found that nearly 25% of Americans believe that attacks in Colorado, Washington and Pennsylvania were “understandable.”
“Now is the time to finally hold the university accountable and send a clear message that antisemitism will not be tolerated,” Ari Shrage, co-founder of the Columbia Jewish Alumni Association, told JNS.
That GMU leadership “needs a refresher on the primacy of treating individuals equally under law is deeply disheartening,” stated Craig Trainor, assistant secretary for civil rights.
This is “a trend we’re seeing lately with universities very badly treating Israeli students and postdocs,” Rachel Lerman, of the Brandeis Center, told JNS.
According to an official at the Ivy League school in New York City, he chose not to return to the university in a mutual agreement.
