Education
The New York City Department of Education “has not taken antisemitism seriously,” one student told JNS.
An inability to come up with consensus language has stalled a vote.
Hillel Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Jewish Federation are “appalled” by the university’s “shocking” choice to “capitulate to protesters’ demands, while also parroting their false inflammatory narrative.”
In advocating for love, Seinfeld emphasized that the value extended beyond people to finding enthusiasm and joy in the mundane.
Student protesters were cheered as they marched across the stage wearing zip-tie handcuffs to protest Israel’s war in Gaza.
A small number of anti-Israel protesters marched out of the commencement when Jerry Seinfeld was announced. Many jeered the protesters.
“If one had hoped an academic letter would be more reality-based, one would be disappointed,” David Bernstein wrote on the Volokh Conspiracy.
Democratic Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Donald Norcross of New Jersey sent a letter to the university’s president, requesting answers on antisemitism.
“I am deeply proud of all we have accomplished together,” wrote the academic leader, who led the administration for seven years.
“Judaism cannot be separated from Israel,” the students wrote. “Zionism is, simply put, the manifestation of that belief.”
An open letter to the Columbia community from Jewish students.
University president Jay Bernhardt said protesters would not face disciplinary hearings and sent staff to bail them out after they were arrested.
