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Low Memorial Library at Columbia University in New York City. Credit: Ajay Suresh via Wikimedia Commons.

‘Columbia has failed’: Committee chair requests records, cites negligence

A request has been made about 11 instances of anti-Jewish activities at the New York City campus.

Feb. 13, 2025

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, at a press conference with Columbia students ahead of the committee’s full committee hearing with Columbia University leadership, April 2024. Credit: House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

House ed panel: ‘Shocking’ college concessions to anti-Israel protesters

“This serves as damning proof of the spinelessness, moral rot and double standards these so-called university leaders exhibited,” per the report from the House Education Committee.

Andrew Bernard

Oct. 31, 2024

“Free Palestine” tent encampment at Harvard University, organized in April-May 2024 in support of Palestinians and the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, May 2, 2024. Credit: Dariusz Jemielniak via Wikimedia Commons.

New items Harvard submitted to House panel show ‘abysmal follow-through’ on Jew-hatred

"Harvard must change course immediately," stated Rep. Virginia Foxx, chair of the House education committee.

Sept. 26, 2024

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, during a hearing about antisemitism on campus with the presidents of Harvard, Penn and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Dec. 5, 2023. Credit: House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Congressional education panel finds ‘pervasive’ Jew-hatred in unions

“This report pinpoints the caustic, antisemitic ideology that has consumed many unions,” stated Rep. Virginia Foxx, the House committee’s chair.

Sept. 23, 2024

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Credit: House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

House panel subpoenas Columbia leaders after school ‘repeatedly’ fails to turn over documents

“Columbia should be a partner in our efforts to ensure Jewish students have a safe learning environment on its campus,” stated Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.).

Aug. 21, 2024

Republican members of the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions at a hearing about labor unions and antisemitism on July 9, 2024. Credit: House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

House subcommittee hears testimony about Jew-hatred in labor unions

“They spend all their time protesting against Israel,” an MIT doctoral student and United Electrical Workers Local 256 member testified before Congress.

Andrew Bernard

July 9, 2024

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House releases texts from Columbia leaders mocking Jew-hatred event

“Jewish students deserve better than to have harassment and threats against them dismissed as ‘privilege,’” Rep. Virginia Foxx said.

Andrew Bernard

July 2, 2024

Mark Rienzi, president and CEO of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and other witnesses at a House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing about combating workplace antisemitism in postsecondary education on June 26, 2024. Credit: House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Professors testify before House subcommittee on anti-Jewish work bias

“The general antisemitic, hostile environment turned to focus on me directly because I am a Jew,” Dafna Golden told the subcommittee.

Andrew Bernard

June 28, 2024

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, speaks to reporters in Washington as House GOP Conference chair Rep. Elise Stefanik listens after a hearing on “Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University’s Response to Antisemitism,” April 17, 2024. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.

House Ed panel asks Columbia to turn over texts ‘downplaying antisemitism’

Senior administrators at the school exchanged disparaging messages during a panel discussion about Jew-hatred on campus.

June 19, 2024