Campus Antisemitism
“The eruption of antisemitism in Berkeley’s elementary and high schools is like nothing I’ve ever seen before,” said Kenneth Marcus, chairman of the Brandeis Center.
“There are students who have been spat upon, shoved, that have called horrible names, antisemitic slurs,” recounted lawyer Joel Nied.
“This is what Palestinians are calling for as the most effective means of solidarity,” said the BDS national committee.
Columbia University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine responded that it “sets a dangerous precedent.”
The publication filed a complaint alleging that the public research university failed to take “concrete steps” to protect Jews.
Raffaella Sadun officially said she is “grateful to have had the opportunity to help advance the vital work to combat antisemitism.”
Noam Wasserman, dean of Yeshiva’s business school, told JNS he is “very impressed” with Mauricio Karchmer’s “steadfast adherence to his values.”
The founder of a group opposing antisemitism told the Columbia student paper it was “unacceptable” and “heartbreaking” that the group wasn’t officially recognized initially.
The plaintiffs accuse the university of allowing a toxic and hateful atmosphere on campus to proliferate, greatly devaluing their diplomas in the eyes of potential employers.
“Over the coming months, they will have a tough decision to make—pack up and leave, or stay and endure continued hatred,” the governor said.
“Arabs didn’t perpetrate genocide against Jewish people. Europeans did. Palestinians didn’t turn boats with Jews escaping the Holocaust away: The U.S. did,” wrote Anthony Zenkus.
The reproduction of a 1967 political cartoon features a hand with a Star of David on it holding nooses around the necks of Muhammad Ali and former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
