Nearly two weeks ago, Columbia University president Minouche Shafik assured members of Congress that an anti-Semitic professor had been terminated. That professor, Mohamed Abdou, was "grading his students' papers" before the end of the semester and would "never teach at Columbia again," Shafik said.
Chaotic protests, violent clashes, and explicit calls for terrorism plagued Columbia University over the weekend, with the school's president, Minouche Shafik, facing pressure to restore order—or resign. Jewish students were subject to another night of violent demonstrations Saturday, just days after Shafik testified before Congress about the school's response to campus anti-Semitism. A group of […]
Four months after a contentious congressional hearing led to the resignations of two Ivy League presidents, Columbia University's president answered questions about antisemitism.
In response to ongoing anti-Israel protests and the vicious antisemitism at Columbia University, prominent Jewish billionaires Robert Kraft and Leon Cooperman have announced their decisions to halt financial contributions to their alma mater. Kraft, a significant donor and a graduate who benefited from a full academic scholarship at Columbia, expressed his disillusionment with the university […]
Students at Columbia University were told in an overnight statement that all classes will be held virtually on Monday as anti-Israel protesters have taken over the campus, its president announced. Columbia University President Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik said in a statement posted in the early hours Monday morning, that she was "deeply saddened" by certain actions of agitators, who have formed an "encampment" on the campus and have riled students and faculty with anti-Jewish slogans and chants....
The statement comes hours after a rabbi at Columbia University has cautioned Jewish students against returning to campus over anti-Semitic protesting. Now, the White House has issued a statement blasting far left demonstrators in another example of anti-Semitism on Ivy League campuses. White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates called the protests 'blatantly anti-Semitic, unconscionable, and dangerous'
Rabbi Elie Buechler cautioned the students against returning to campus. The warning came amid a days-long protest that saw more than 100 arrested
Columbia University anti-Israel protesters are calling on New Yorkers to join and the university threatened to call the National Guard after ignoring a midnight deadline to dismantle their encampment.
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Paul Faust, 54, is accusing JetBlue of 'blatant antisemitism' over their response to his complaint about a female flight attendant's Palestine flag pin. The Florida-based Jewish father told DailyMail.com he was flying to Las Vegas Sunday when he noticed the crew member wearing the pin and a BLM badge. He quietly complained, but when he landed, a uniformed official claimed he caused a disturbance, called the cops, and canceled his return flight
Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, the president of Columbia University, took a firm stand against antisemitism Wednesday as she testified in front of a House committee. NBC’s Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.
But at a congressional hearing, Nemat Shafik hedges when asked about a slogan widely seen as antisemitic.