Campus Antisemitism
They featured the faces of professors and staff using the look of FBI-style “Most Wanted” fliers, including text such as “Misuse of Power and Racism.”
Faculty at the state school’s San Francisco medical school told the “Washington Free Beacon” that advocacy workshops for students “betrayed a breathtaking lack of professionalism.”
“I tried for months to get the school officials to respond like professionals,” said the lead plaintiff, Sam Kasle. “Instead, they allowed my daughter to be harmed.”
Students are trying “to take back their campuses for academic integrity,” Miriam Elman, of Academic Engagement Network, told JNS.
“The guerrillas of Gaza on gliders ... created an immortal picture of joy that no Palestinian can forget,” the text reads.
“They face challenges from multiple constituencies and don’t know how to respond,” Stephen Joel Trachtenberg told JNS. “This is a novel experience for them.”
“What’s deeply disturbing is that people you would expect to offer a more nuanced perspective are resorting to overly simplistic analyses,” Yifat Bitton told JNS.
“[America] should not be honored for the horrors unleashed on others. Instead, we will celebrate those martyred by the Israel-U.S. war machine.”
“I offer our deep appreciation of Carol Folt, as well as our admiration for her exceptional tenure,” stated Suzanne Nora Johnson, chair of the school’s Board of Trustees.
“The university is actively working with the Chicago Police Department to investigate this incident so that they can determine whether to classify it as a hate crime,” stated the school’s president, Robert Manuel.
A Columbia student told JNS that Jews currently feel safe on campus, but “to be lulled into a false sense of security is very dangerous.”
“Class will proceed as usual today, except that classroom quizzes will not be for credit,” a Harvard professor wrote to students. “Feel free to take time off if needed.”
