Education
The legislation would require public school districts and charter schools to submit annual reports detailing their Holocaust Remembrance Week activities, lessons and instructional materials.
“Americans have a right to know who is funneling money into our colleges and universities,” stated Kenneth Marcus, who leads the center.
“The Constitution is clear that the states do not have to subsidize antisemitic speech on their college campuses,” the Kentucky attorney general said.
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“The real genocide is against the people of Israel. If we didn’t have the Iron Dome, Israel would be gone and we would all be dead,” Elle Aviv, founder of Global Peace for Israel, told JNS.
Ilya Shapiro of the Manhattan Institute told JNS that he is concerned that universities will see the change in congressional focus as “a reprieve from accountability.”
An investigation found that Dr. Anil Kishen “had a limited understanding” of antisemitic tropes when he used cartoons depicting a figure bathing in money and another wrapped in an Israeli flag and being strangled to illustrate medical concepts.
“She’s young. She’s dumb. She deserves an opportunity to become a better person,” Liz Benichou told JNS. “The only way to do that is through accountability.”
The state education department said that Orange County School of the Arts didn’t sufficiently address allegations that a teacher discussed the Holocaust inappropriately and wore an anti-Israel shirt to class.
Video footage appeared to show Temulun Togochog pushing commentator Liz Benichou to the ground and jumping on her during a free speech event.
Paulson says his $250 million Hebrew University gift ‘won’t be the last,’ eyes haredi STEM education
The American billionaire told JNS that supporting Israeli higher education can have nearly 10 times the impact of giving to an Ivy League institution.
“If the case is successful, if we’re able to come to a successful resolution of this matter, that will be what you might call the soil out of which CCJ will grow,” Rabbi Gary Zola, founding president of the College for Contemporary Judaism, told JNS.
“Rather than focus on addressing the incidents in a systemic manner, the district isolated the victim and attempted to make excuses for the antisemitic harassment,” the Anti-Defamation League said.
