Education
“Jewish students should never feel they have to hide who they are to get through Oct. 7,” Sharon Sorkin of the North American Values Institute told JNS.
Mohamed Abdou, a former Columbia University professor who describes himself as a “Muslim anarchist,” is scheduled to address students virtually as part of his “Death to the Akademy” tour.
The board’s vice president denies calling a Jewish board member a “Zionist b****.”
The plaintiffs filed the amended complaint after a federal judge dismissed their original filing in July for failing to meet federal pleading requirements.
“Ultimately, through the continued pressure of legislative action, legal action and strategic communications, we think that we can turn the tide,” the North American Values Institute told JNS.
The federal government’s announcement “literally doubles the potential for this program to transform the math of funding Jewish education in America,” Nathan Diament of the Orthodox Union told JNS.
A Cornell University student told JNS that it is “vital that my peers are exposed to the truth.”
David Bocarsly, CEO of Jewish California, told JNS that “time, place and manner restrictions have made universities safer for all students, including Jewish students.”
“Our response must also preserve the constitutional freedoms that are fundamental to our educational institutions and our democracy,” stated Rochelle Garza, chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
“Zionism is a lightning rod issue,” but “it’s also a fundamental part of Jewish identity, and most Jews in Montgomery County and beyond believe that Israel is a core part of their Jewish identity,” one signatory told JNS.
Mika Hackner of NAVI told JNS that “it is not the role of a teacher to bring their own personal political views into the classroom.”
“I did not expect to see in the United States of America, a resurgence of the kind of antisemitism that I myself identify with old Europe,” Robert P. George told JNS.
