Culture
‘The vitriolic environment is indefensible’: Columbia University admits to antisemitism on-campus, faces multiple lawsuitsColumbia University is the latest Ivy League college to face serious charges of enabling antisemitism and religious harassment on campus. Columbia’s Task Force on Antisemitism released its… Read More
Public Education
Professor tells students she’s canceling class ‘in solidarity’ with anti-Israel movement(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A professor at the University of Virginia (UVA) told her students she was canceling classes Monday in support of an anti-Israel boycott at the school,… Read More
Culture
Jewish college students in the U.S. face antisemitism, little help from officials(The Center Square) – The rise of pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. university campuses often feature protesters calling for violence against Jews, leaving Jewish students feeling unsafe and frustrated by the… Read More
Culture
Harvard’s interim president vows to hit antisemitism, self-censorship as Congress bears downHarvard University’s interim president says he’ll attack both antisemitism and self-censorship at the Ivy League school. “What I have found the most disturbing of all are situations or experiences students… Read More
Culture
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman blasts Harvard for giving Hamas attack supporter a ‘platform’Pennsylvania’s junior U.S. senator, John Fetterman, a Democrat, blasted Harvard University for giving a “platform” to a Hamas supporter who has justified the brutal terror attacks on Israel launched Oct. Read More
Public Education
Antisemitic allegations hit Philadelphia’s school district(The Center Square) – Several concerned residents believe teachers and students in the School District of Philadelphia express antisemitism without impunity, including in an off-campus educator event they say excluded… Read More
Public Education
Harvard submits 8-page whitewash of plagiarism investigation of former president to House CommitteeHarvard submitted an eight-page summary of its investigation into plagiarism accusations against former university president Claudine Gay to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce… Read More
Culture
Harvard will keep antisemitism task force co-chair who signed letter calling Israel a ‘regime of apartheid’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Harvard University will keep a Jewish history professor who signed a letter calling Israel a “regime of apartheid” as the co-chair of the presidential antisemitism… Read More
Public Education
Maps replacing Israel with Palestine reported in two separate public schoolsTwo separate public schools are facing criticism for allowing teachers to display maps in their classrooms that erase Israel, instead labeling the region as part of Palestine. Reports emerged last… Read More
Culture
Holocaust & Humanity Center in Ohio fighting explosion of antisemitism with educationA Holocaust museum in Ohio is using education to halt the spread of antisemitism since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center… Read More
Public Education
Watchdog claims California university department’s anti-Israel activism likely violated school policy, state laws(Daily Caller News Foundation) – University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) faculty may have violated school policies and state law after engaging in multiple anti-Israel events and protests over the… Read More
Courts
Jewish student sues Rutgers University over alleged retaliation for his antisemitism complaintA Jewish law student is suing his university for retaliating against him after he raised concerns about antisemitism on campus. Yoel Ackerman, a first-year law student at Rutgers University, claims… Read More
Culture
‘Egregious violations’: Washington Post has pattern of anti-Israel bias and irresponsible middle east coverage, says report(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Washington Post is receiving substantial backlash for numerous problems linked to alleged anti-Israel bias in its coverage of the country’s war against terrorist group… Read More
Culture
MIT President Sally Kornbluth faced antisemitism complaint while provost at Duke, docs show(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Sally Kornbluth was embroiled in an antisemitism controversy in 2019 when she was the Provost of Duke University, according… Read More
Public Education
Biden ed official second to resign over President’s stated support for IsraelA senior adviser with the U.S. Department of Education has become the second federal official to resign over the Biden administration’s position that Israel has a right to defend itself… Read More
Public Education
GMU is latest school under feds’ scrutiny for campus antisemitism(Daily Caller News Foundation) – George Mason University, located in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., has been added to a list of dozens of institutions of higher education… Read More
Public Education
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism scandalHarvard’s president, Claudine Gay, resigned on Tuesday, marking the end of a contentious plagiarism scandal and what was the shortest presidential tenure in school history. “This is not a decision… Read More
Culture
Harvard faces more fallout following Claudine Gay’s congressional testimony on antisemitismA prestigious business school in Vienna has announced it’s severing ties with Harvard University following a pattern of antisemitism on its campus. The Lauder Business School announced the end its… Read More
Public Education
Dept. of Ed. investigating George Mason University after allegations of antisemitism(Daily Caller News Foundation) – George Mason University (GMU) has been added to a Department of Education (DOE) investigation that is researching allegations of antisemitism and islamophobia on campus, News4Washington… Read More
Opinion
Not just Ivy League: Public universities like GMU also must answer for moral rot(The Daily Signal) – So far, almost all the critical focus on how university leaders have manifestly failed to address rampant antisemitism on their campuses has been aimed at selective, private universities. Read More