Three of the Columbia University deans caught exchanging dismissive text messages during a May 31 panel on anti-Semitism have been placed on leave as the university investigates the incident, a spokesman for the school said Thursday. “The Dean of Columbia College informed his team today that three administrators have been placed on leave pending a
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) apologized this week months after dismissing reports that Hamas raped Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 as “propaganda” and “lies.” “I apologize for my comments,” Bowman said during a radio show appearance, “and now we’re continuing to do the work to fight sexual violence and domestic violence in all its forms.”
The leader of an anti-Israel activist group on Wednesday called to expel supporters of the Jewish state from the city, while criticizing the New York Police Department’s efforts to track down a man who threatened and tried to identify “Zionists” on a subway car. “We don’t want zionists in Palestine, NYC, our schools, on the
Are there no adults in the Columbia administration? That’s a rhetorical question that answered itself last week when the dean of Columbia College, Josef Sorett, put out a statement on Friday addressing a series of disparaging text messages he and several other top university administrators exchanged during a panel last month about Jewish life on
The Muslim Association of Puget Sound hosted speakers who praised Palestinian ‘martyrs,’ referred to Jews as ‘filth’ Sen. Patty Murray (Getty Images) Democrats’ top Senate appropriator is seeking millions of dollars in taxpayer funds for an Islamic organization in Washington state that has preached anti-Semitism, cheered Hamas’s “victory” over Israel, and hosted Palestinian activists who
Maha Hussaini posted anti-Semitic cartoons and defended Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack L: Maha Hussaini R: IWMF logo (Twitter) A group of prominent female broadcast journalists rescinded its “courage in journalism” award on Wednesday to Gaza-based freelance writer Maha Hussaini, following the Washington Free Beacon’s reporting on Hussaini’s support for Hamas and anti-Semitic statements. The International
Jewish students transferring from Columbia, Northwestern, Occidental College Anti-Israel protesters at Columbia (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) After months of surging anti-Semitism at elite universities, some of these schools are facing a disturbing trend for next fall: an exodus of Jewish students from campus. Jewish undergrads are reportedly leaving schools with significant anti-Semitism problems, such as Columbia