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Anti-Israel responses since Oct. 7 “go way beyond the peaceful voicing of a political opinion,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.
“It’s in vogue to believe that the Jews are evil and the Jewish state is evil,” the lawyer Lori Lowenthal Marcus told JNS. “They’re feeling like they’re on the side of justice.”
Abbott reminds schools Jew-hatred ‘never acceptable in Texas’
“As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel,” the governor wrote, “it is crucial that Texas colleges and universities stay vigilant.”
The experience “showed how easy it is to convince college students to hate Jews and Israel,” Zach Sage Fox told JNS.
The Ivy League school, whose embattled president resigned in December, says the office “will be the first of its kind nationally.”
“Brown’s leadership admits the looming divestment vote is designed to buy good behavior from pro-Hamas activists,” wrote Joseph Edelman, a hedge-fund manager.
The watchdog group identified nearly 250 people, including some 150 professors, who it says were part of an anti-Israel protest.
The Secondary School Teachers Association opposes private contracts. The government says the union only wants to maintain its grip on power.
The Harvard Out of Palestine student group held a meeting with the university administration just days after the start of the new academic year.
Keziah Ridgeway released names of local Jewish leaders and suggested in online posts that gun owners should target Jews, per a complaint filed with the School District of Philadelphia.
“The survey analysis shows how differently Jewish and non-Jewish students experienced the last year on campus and hints at what can be expected in the future,” said co-author Eitan Hersh.
“No one is facing consequences,” says assistant professor Shai Davidai.
