Campus Antisemitism
The agreement “should be the standard every school holds itself to before, not after, a student gets hurt,” Kenneth L. Marcus of the Brandeis Center said.
“I didn’t understand, first of all, why they would platform a Twitch streamer rather than a serious politician, or someone who at least has ties to the Democratic Party,” the source said.
Brandy Shufutinsky, of FDD, told JNS that no one can expect the University of Pittsburgh’s administration to take antisemitism seriously when it won’t even say what the term means.
The Canberra school admitted it failed to mitigate a “high risk of psychosocial harm” during aggressive pro-Palestinian encampments on campus.
“There’s some nexus between the real antisemitic Palestinian protesters and people who don’t study,” Simon Hankinson, of the Heritage Foundation, told JNS.
Steven Thrasher alleges that he was denied tenure as a result of his participation in pro-Hamas activities on campus post-Oct. 7.
Prosecutors said that fingerprint, surveillance footage and key-card records link the suspect to more than 20 threatening campus messages.
“Unless we eliminate the root cause of campus antisemitism, a change in leadership will act as a band-aid,” Brandy Shufutinsky, of FDD, told JNS.
Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin will serve as a point of contact for Jewish students, advise university leaders on combating antisemitism and help oversee compliance with Columbia’s agreement with the Trump administration.
The tenured Arabic professor alleges that the public university violated her rights over a viral video she says was taken out of context.
