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

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

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

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

The University of Minnesota has rescinded an offer to run its Center of Holocaust and Genocide Studies to an anti-Israel scholar who has accused the Jewish state of genocide and downplayed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