Education
“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.
“What’s very concerning about these hearings is that we’re getting lip service but a lack of enforcement, a lack of accountability,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Proclaiming Justice to the Nations is presenting its findings on antisemitism to the House Education and Workforce Committee.
The university said it acted to meet the demands of anti-Israel protesters who have occupied its campus.
A United Nations watchdog is calling for a probe of Albanese after one of her staff members appeared to try to bypass rules about honoraria.
“The perpetrators of antisemitism on Columbia’s campus have not been disciplined,” two business professors at the university told JNS.
The U.S. education secretary wrote that he is “deeply concerned” about “repeated reports of antisemitic and anti-Israeli, anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian harassment on our campuses and in our communities.”
