Education
Anessa Johnson claimed $10 million in damages after the private Washington school fired her for a series of antisemitic social media posts.
A spokesman for the Ivy told JNS that the school believes being required “to create lists of Jewish faculty and staff, and to provide personal contact information, raises serious privacy and First Amendment concerns.”
The university acted “out of an abundance of caution,” a spokesman told JNS.
The findings of an independent investigation show that “you cannot target Jewish professors and hide behind, ‘This is union activity’ or ‘this is free speech,’” StandWithUs told JNS.
The public school referred JNS to its law dean, who interpreted the lawsuit settlement differently than does the other party.
“Today, we honor the life, legacy and vision of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of blessed memory—one of the most influential Jewish leaders in modern American history,” the U.S. president said.
The shift comes after Tehran says will target U.S.-linked institutions in the Middle East.
Stacy Skankey, of the Goldwater Institute, said that “taxpayers have a right to know what is being taught and how much a university is paying for it.”
“The increase in hateful acts across the city is absolutely abhorrent, and we have to do something about it,” stated Julie Menin, the council speaker.
The legislation would expand federal database access and require schools to submit a list of all individuals on visas.
“This effort is about specifically using academic resources in ways that others haven’t,” Alan Kadish, the university president, told JNS.
“We don’t have to wait for a mandate from the Department of Justice or the Department of Civil Rights to tell me what needs to be done,” the public university’s president told JNS.
