Education
“Jewish students have been targeted with hate and intimidation in the place they call home while at school,” Hillel Ontario CEO Jay Solomon told JNS.
“If an institution is not complying with provincial legislation, it should not benefit from the receipt of public funds,” said Richard Robertson, of B’nai Brith Canada.
‘I’m never going to forget this davening, two days or three days before Yom Kippur, where we’re again saying, ‘We’re here,’” Rabbi Haskel Lookstein told JNS.
“We’re all going to be in shul on Monday, and there isn’t going to be a shul in the world, no matter how small the minyan or how large the minyan, that doesn’t have somebody at the door guarding people, checking who comes in,” Deborah Lipstadt told JNS.
Sarah Rogers, U.S. under secretary of state for public diplomacy, stated that “our reviews found real gaps” in the disclosures from the schools.
“We are deeply concerned by recent hostile and threatening social media posts” and “are reviewing this matter closely,” the private university in Pittsburgh stated.
Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, principal of SAR Academy, told JNS that the gathering is meant to be a “positive statement” that “We’re here. We’re Jewish. We want to be safe and express our Zionism.”
A Combat Antisemitism Movement analysis found that the 16-page resource instructs students on discussing Gaza and Palestinian advocacy while neglecting key historical context and leaving antisemitism undefined.
“This decision sends a clear message that targeting Jewish members of any academic community will have consequences,” stated Kenneth Marcus, chairman and CEO of the Brandeis Center.
If the defendants fulfill the terms of the agreements with the prosecutors, they will not serve jail time, stand trial or pay fines.
“We commend Lincoln Memorial University for its swift action addressing the department’s concerns regarding discrimination and unequal treatment,” Harmeet Dhillon, assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, stated.
Four students argue that messages shared in a private chat were protected speech as they challenge Florida International University’s disciplinary sanctions.
