Education
The initiative covers both bachelor’s and master’s programs.
“According to the ACLU, religious symbols are so radioactive that students can’t be anywhere near them,” wrote Joseph Davis, of Becket. “That view is absurd.”
“The threats and attacks against Jewish students since Oct. 7 are despicable,” stated Sen. Bill Cassidy, who introduced the bill with Sen. John Fetterman.
“I would call this a Trump effect,” Kenneth L. Marcus, chair of the Brandeis Center, told JNS.
“The incoming administration is widely anticipated to be far more demanding of defendant universities to be responsive to complainants,” Lori Lowenthal Marcus, of the Deborah Project, told JNS.
The Baltimore Zionist District stated that the University of Maryland School of Medicine opted to “surrender to political pressure.”
The Iowa representative said it’s unacceptable that national nonprofit organizations are allowing Jew-hate to infiltrate their conferences.
“The university is being let off the hook,” a student said, adding that the measures are unlikely to result in “meaningful change.”
New York State and City have “engaged in what can be described as ‘lawfare’ against yeshivahs,” a leader in the Bobov Chassidic community told JNS.
However, the agreement “does not constitute an admission of liability, non-compliance or wrongdoing by the university,” according the U.S. Dept. of Education.
“I appreciate the important steps UCLA took related to the antisemitism concerns we investigated,” stated Catherine Lhamon, the department’s assistant secretary for civil rights.
“Though they are not union members, our clients must still accept the union’s representation,” a lawyer for the plaintiffs told JNS.
