Education
“There is not one iota of the union having done this because it was the right thing to do,” Jeffrey Lax, a CUNY law professor, told JNS.
‘Status quo isn’t working,’ House panel head says, after meeting education secretary nominee
“From rampant antisemitism to plummeting test scores to the exploitation of women’s sports, it’s clear the current education bureaucracy is not putting students first,” stated Rep. Tim Walberg.
“This will send a clear message that the harassment of Jewish students and faculty will not be tolerated at Columbia,” Brian Cohen, executive director of the Columbia Barnard Hillel, told JNS.
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.”
