Education
Trump signed an executive order intended to revolutionize the fight against Jew-hatred.
“We want to make sure that people know that antisemitism, anti-Zionism and anti-Israel material have no place in our K-12 classes and curriculum,” James Pasch, an ADL vice president, told JNS.
“All of our students deserve to be safe,” the U.S. attorney general said at CPAC in the Washington area.
Yoav Kisch, the Israeli education minister, stated that the Columbia University interim president agreed on the “importance of taking firm action against antisemitism on campus.”
Schools should be defunded if they allow actions that endanger students, Linda McMahon told a Senate committee.
A request has been made about 11 instances of anti-Jewish activities at the New York City campus.
Educators and thought leaders gather in Cyprus for Yael Foundation conference on combating antisemitism.
Alicia Verdugo, who stepped down as cultural affairs commissioner within the UCLA student government, has an extensive history of Jew-hatred, per Canary Mission.
“This is exactly the right step to be taking and the right time to be taking it,” stated Kenneth Marcus, of the Brandeis Center. “The cavalry has arrived.”
“Civilization is a fragile concept. You can tear things down easier than you can build them up,” Mark Milke, who runs the Canadian think tank, told JNS.
“It is 2025 and the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz being liberated, and there is someone Jewish in Ohio, in America, that is scared to walk home,” the student said. “You’ve got to be kidding me.”
The Combat Antisemitism Movement praised the president “for taking bold and decisive action and for his proven friendship with the Jewish people at this critical moment in history.”
