antisemitism
18 April 2024 Updated 59 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: Columbia University president answers on antisemitism At a congressional hearing, Columbia University’s president has condemned antisemitism, while defending her handling of Gaza war protests. Asked if calls for genocide of Jews were against […]
Photo Credit: Courtesy of the American Jewish Archives Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marched with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, March 21, 1965. Partnering with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the Academic Engagement Network (AEN) on Thursday announced a . . .
The president of the University of Pennsylvania, M. Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after she appeared before Congress and appeared to evade the question of whether students who called for the genocide of Jews should be punished. Support for Ms. Magill, already shaken in recent months over her approach to a Palestinian literary […]
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testifies before a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
7 December 2023 Updated 1 hour ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: University leaders testify on antisemitism as Jewish students say they have faced threats A major University of Pennsylvania donor has withdrawn a $100m (£79.3m) grant after a controversial appearance in congress by the […]
[1/2]File photo: A member of the white nationalist group NatSoc Florida protests against U.S. support for Israel, in response to the war between Israel and Hamas, in Lady Lake, Florida, U.S., October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights . . .
5 December 2023, 21:29 GMT Updated 52 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: University leaders testify on antisemitism as Jewish students say they have faced threats The heads of three top US colleges have pushed back against claims that they are not doing enough […]
The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into Harvard University over claims of antisemitism on campus, according to the federal agency’s website. The department — which announced earlier this month a separate investigation into a half-dozen U.S. colleges and universities and a local school district for . . .
Opinion By Ian Kingsbury and Jay Greene Published Nov. 24, 2023, 5:41 p.m. ET A new report shows that only 11% of medical associations and 3% of medical schools have issued statements about the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct 7. Corbis via Getty Images Antisemitism is now . . .
To the Editor: Re “How Are Students Expected to Live Like This on Campuses?,” by Jesse Wegman (Opinion, nytimes.com, Nov. 8): Mr. Wegman is correct that universities cannot live up to their ideals as havens for unfettered debate when their Jewish students feel physically threatened . . .