Education
An investigation found that Dr. Anil Kishen “had a limited understanding” of antisemitic tropes when he used cartoons depicting a figure bathing in money and another wrapped in an Israeli flag and being strangled to illustrate medical concepts.
“She’s young. She’s dumb. She deserves an opportunity to become a better person,” Liz Benichou told JNS. “The only way to do that is through accountability.”
The state education department said that Orange County School of the Arts didn’t sufficiently address allegations that a teacher discussed the Holocaust inappropriately and wore an anti-Israel shirt to class.
Video footage appeared to show Temulun Togochog pushing commentator Liz Benichou to the ground and jumping on her during a free speech event.
Paulson says his $250 million Hebrew University gift ‘won’t be the last,’ eyes haredi STEM education
The American billionaire told JNS that supporting Israeli higher education can have nearly 10 times the impact of giving to an Ivy League institution.
“If the case is successful, if we’re able to come to a successful resolution of this matter, that will be what you might call the soil out of which CCJ will grow,” Rabbi Gary Zola, founding president of the College for Contemporary Judaism, told JNS.
“Rather than focus on addressing the incidents in a systemic manner, the district isolated the victim and attempted to make excuses for the antisemitic harassment,” the Anti-Defamation League said.
Internal communications reveal that APA leaders dropped terrorism language after Oct. 7 and resisted Jewish psychologists’ requests for recognition, according to a report from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
The North American Values Institute told JNS that “it’s heartening to see school leaders stepping up to hold teachers accountable.”
“Nobody is asking Columbia to cancel a book talk,” Mark Goldfeder of the National Jewish Advocacy Center told JNS.
The university also honored Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, Africa Innovation founder Sivan Yaari and philanthropist Sandy Frankel.
“When antisemitism drives Jewish children out of public schools, that is segregation by intimidation,” Mark Goldfeder of the National Jewish Advocacy Center said.
