Campus Antisemitism
Images show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shoveling skulls, Israel’s flag made to look like a Nazi one, big noses and allusions to genocide.
“The goal is to bring people together, not to cause harm or make students feel unsafe,” a school official said.
The institutions are being probed for alleged discrimination based on “shared ancestry” under the 1964 Civil Rights Law.
Three candidates proposed by Bill Ackman and one by Mark Zuckerberg would have pushed for greater action against antisemitism.
The partner organization will coordinate with anti-Israel undergraduate activists associated with Students for Justice in Palestine.
The public school “hasn’t properly responded to antisemitism on campus, leaving Jewish students ‘afraid to speak up,’” the publication said in its complaint.
Antisemitism roundup, Jan. 30-Feb. 5
The mega-donor said at a conference in Miami that elite U.S. education must return to training future leaders, not “whiny snowflakes.”
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) hinted that she may also investigate Cornell and Columbia for these schools’ failures to counter hate.
Antisemitism roundup, Jan. 26-29
Amid calls for Derek Penslar to step down from the group after calling Israel an “apartheid” state, he said it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to deliver public comments.
“We know it’s not true,” said adjunct professor Amin Husain.
