Education
Interest in the Ivy League school is at a four-year low as it is “embroiled in a national row over how U.S. colleges are handling incidents of antisemitism,” Bloomberg reported.
Every Republican but one voted for the resolution, which passed 303-126, effectively splitting the Democratic caucus.
The university’s board has chosen to back Claudine Gay.
It represents a student who experienced antisemitism and whose pleas to administrators failed to achieve a resolution.
“We will address conduct complaints against Columbia students at this event under Columbia’s policies,” a university spokeswoman said, of the Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace protest.
“Authenticity of the food and naming of the recipes have been a concern brought to us by students in the past,” a university spokesman said.
Of students surveyed, 79% report experiencing antisemitism on campus.
“We demand that these hearings be canceled and that the students who were taking down the fliers be held accountable,” Ilan Sinelnikov, SSI’s founder and president, told JNS.
“I’ve been raising concerns about antisemitism on campus since Oct. 7,” Rachel Cook told JNS.
Law enforcement characterized the crimes as “swatting,” efforts to provoke unwarranted SWAT team responses.
Liz Magill had testified before a House committee that it wouldn’t necessarily violate the Ivy League school’s policies to call for genocide against all Jews.
A protest that began at Columbia University has now spread elsewhere.
