Campus Antisemitism
“We have seen unacceptable levels of antisemitism and other forms of ethnic or religious prejudice,” said the three members of the state’s Jewish Caucus.
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, is “either a coward or an antisemite,” said Shai Davidai, a Columbia professor.
Three Jewish students asked a federal court to make the public school ensure their protection before they return for the fall semester.
The Manhattan district attorney “who charged President Trump with 34 felonies over an internal business record is letting violent, pro-Hamas rioters go free,” said Sen. Tom Cotton.
A federal investigation also finds efforts to counter social-media threats failed.
“It is completely unacceptable that some university leaders have let the situation get this out of hand,” says CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
Senior administrators at the school exchanged disparaging messages during a panel discussion about Jew-hatred on campus.
Professor, rector and incoming president Gur Elroy said it affirms “our status as a beacon of the values that shape Israeli society as a whole, and the social, economic and environmental fabric in the north.”
“This is a time to say Jewish lives matter,” Rabbi Asher Lopatin, director of community relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, told JNS.
The public university confirmed the two “small arson” fires and said that the incidents were being investigated.
The Department of Education has not specified the type of discrimination in which the schools allegedly engaged.
“The seeds of hate are sown long before the freshman year,” congressman Mike Kelly said.
