Columbia University, Jewish and civil rights
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The media, universities, the Democratic Party and liberals, by embracing the fiction of “rampant antisemitism,” laid the groundwork for their own demise. Columbia and Princeton, where I have taught, and Harvard,
The federal government formally accused the university of violating civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students.
A federal probe found Columbia University violated the rights of Jewish students since campus protests took hold following the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terror attack on Israel, the government announced
It marked the latest blow for an Ivy League school already shaken by federal cutbacks and sustained government pressure.
Columbia is already in talks with the administration, which in March cut $400 million in grants and contracts to the school, citing antisemitism concerns on campus.
The White House is ramping up its crackdown on antisemitism in the wake of the Washington shooting that left two young Israeli Embassy staffers dead Wednesday night. The administration has for
Mayhem erupted outside Columbia University’s graduation Wednesday as some students burned their diplomas and cops tussled with dozens of rowdy anti-Israel demonstrators, arresting at least two people.
Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, noted the absence of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate who continues to be detained by immigration authorities.