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‘It Feels Hopeless’: Jewish Students at Columbia Say Disparaging Texts Reflect Administration’s Indifference Toward Anti-Semitism

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One month after Columbia University’s scaled-down graduation ceremonies, most students are away from the school’s Manhattan campus. Still, news of the disparaging text messages a group of Columbia administrators exchanged amid a panel on campus anti-Semitism spread quickly among Jewish students. For five Jewish students at Columbia, the texts were both astonishing, given their vitriol,

New York Magazine Hit Piece Confuses Pro-Israel Congressman for Different Black Politician

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New York magazine on Friday published an article attacking three Democratic politicians who have broken with the “progressive” movement over their support for Israel, including black congressman Ritchie Torres (N.Y.). A graphic accompanying the piece that was meant to show the three lawmakers, however, mistakenly showed a different black politician not mentioned anywhere in the

Columbia College Dean Says Disparaging Texts, Vomit Emojis Sent During Panel on Jewish Life Don’t Reflect the ‘Views’ of Administrators

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Josef Sorett’s email message to Columbia University’s Board of Visitors omits mention of his own role in the scandal and calls photographs an ‘invasion of privacy’ Josef Sorett (college.columbia.edu) The dean of Columbia College, Josef Sorett, issued a private apology on Friday for the text messages he and other administrators exchanged badmouthing panelists who participated

Scholar Who Accused Israel of Genocide Will No Longer Lead University of Minnesota Holocaust Center—But May Become Professor as Consolation Prize

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The University of Minnesota has rescinded an offer to run its Center of Holocaust and Genocide Studies to an anti-Israel scholar who has accused the Jewish state of genocide and downplayed anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses. But that scholar, Stockton University’s Raz Segal, could still join the school as a faculty member. University of Minnesota

UCLA Has Not Apologized to Campus Rabbi Assaulted on Camera

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Protesters screamed obscenities at the Chabad House rabbi in a demonstration that turned violent  Police storm UCLA anti-Semitic protesters’ barricades, May 2, 2024 (Eric Thayer/Getty Images) UCLA’s Chabad House rabbi was assaulted, called a “f—ing pedophile” and “fake Jew,” and told to “go back to Poland” by campus anti-Israel protesters on Monday. University officials have

House Dems Brainstorming How To Spoil Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress: Report

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House Democrats are brainstorming possible events to spoil Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, according to an Axios report released Friday. Many Democrats already said they would boycott the speech, but they are now developing “counter-programming” events to spoil the speech and demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the leader of the Jewish state and

Soros-Backed DA Called ‘the Media and the Asians’ Her Enemy, Lawsuit Alleges

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Alameda County district attorney Pamela Price faces recall election Pamela Price (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Pamela Price, the Oakland area’s district attorney once backed by billionaire George Soros, allegedly called “the media and the Asians” her enemy and “fostered and encouraged a racist environment” in her office, according to a lawsuit from her former spokeswoman. She