Education
Universities look to preserve their tax-exempt status and avoid political embarrassment, as two House committees continue to investigate antisemitism on campuses.
The complaint cites incidents such as a protest where students chanted “intifada” and “brick by brick, wall by wall, apartheid has got to fall.”
“The committee was disappointed in the materials it received and is expecting future productions to be more productive,” a committee spokesman told JNS.
The image depicting Erwin Chemerinsky, the Jewish dean of the law school, holding bloody silverware was soon replaced.
The rise in anti-Jewish and anti-Israel sentiment on campus has grabbed the attention of 93% of poll respondents.
“Our policy of zero tolerance for antisemitism and all acts of intimidation, harassment and hatred remains in place,” said school president John Fry.
“Israel has every right to defend itself against Hamas terrorists and has shown great restraint in its actions,” stated Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.).
The department’s Office for Civil Rights is probing the Pennsylvania school over alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
Incidents include everything from peer-to-peer and faculty misconduct to overt threats of violence and physical assault.
Lorenzo da Ponte’s Jewish origins were largely unknown until the Holocaust, and in recent years, they’re taken for granted, per a new journal article.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, delivered the 2024 Irving and Renee Milchberg Endowed Lecture at University of Maryland.
Rabbi David Wolpe, who stepped down from a Harvard antisemitism advisory panel, told JNS that he has “no doubt” that campus environment pushed some students away.
