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“Jewish students on campus were treated horrendously by other student groups, by administrators and by faculty who were very, very pro-Hamas and very, very antisemitic,” a lawyer for the students said.
“One of the top things that we’ve heard from students is that they’re concerned about physical safety,” said Jacob Baime, the group’s CEO.
Still, Judge Richard G. Stearns said the university showed “perhaps too measured response to an outburst of ugliness.”
Examples at the university in Philadelphia included swastika graffiti, removed mezuzahs, social-media threats and vandalism by masked individuals at its Center for Jewish Life.
“She was discriminated against because she was an antiwar advocate,” the TV personality Sunny Hostin said.
Senior counsel Robin Pick said the university “has the opportunity to be a leader and a model for other universities in the fight against antisemitism.”
“If this is not promptly rectified, the committee is prepared to compel their production,” Rep. Virginia Foxx wrote to the Ivy League school.
U.S. House members wrote that the school “has an obligation to comply with federal law and to prevent and respond to discrimination and harassment.”
A student’s complaint to the equal opportunity office led to administrators stopping the student association from voting on a measure to divest from Israel.
“We can’t turn away Jewish students who feel unsafe or unprotected on their college campuses,” said Yeshiva University President Ari Berman.
“It’s disgusting that a prestigious American university would aid and abet antisemitic agitators,” said Mark Rienzi, president of Becket and an attorney for the students.
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“Many supporters view the proposals as giving parents more control over their children’s education and as allowing children to attend better-performing schools,” a Rice University fellow said.
