Columbia University Professor Katherine Franke describing leaving the university as “termination dressed up in more palatable terms.”
Johns Hopkins University agrees to review anti-harassment policies and provide training following US Education Department settlement over discrimination complaints against Arab and Jewish students.
“We hope this investigation initiates a meaningful culture shift at SLC to improve the campus environment,” Rachel Klein, executive director of Hillels of Westchester, said.
“Following the terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the Jewish community was increasingly targeted on college campuses, places of worship, and other areas of our country,” said Moody.
The American Jewish community must rethink its strategy, shifting from reactive defenses to proactive, grassroots efforts that empower individuals and promote positive narratives about Israel.
The agreement is the latest in a flurry of such deals to be reached with schools involving allegations of antisemitic harassment in the waning weeks of the Biden administration.
Their activism and tactics have undermined and threatened to erode well-established principles of academic freedom and free speech on a growing number of US campuses.
Activists demand reversal of IEP’s decision to renew academic exchange with Israel’s Reichman University.
Trump has promised harsher immigration policies in his second term and said that he would deport those who support 'jihadism, anti-Americanism, or antisemitism.'
Gottheimer said that the resolution was antisemitic and called for a state university to divest and cut academic affiliations from a key democratic ally.
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