NEW YORK — President Joe Biden condemned any anti-Semitism on college campuses Sunday, as pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University spent their fifth day demanding the school sever financial ties with key U.S. ally Israel. Students camped out on university grounds are calling for the prestigious New York school, which has an exchange program with Tel Aviv University, to boycott all activities associated with Israel in light of the country's war with Hamas militants and the ensuing...
Shafaqna English- India’s main opposition party has accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of of spreading hatred against Muslims after controversial comments on Sunday wherein he equated the community to “infiltrators” and peddled anti-Muslim tropes in the middle of the country’s general elections. The Indian PM turned to old anti-Muslim
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 […]
Pro-Palestine protests on the campuses of some of America’s most elite colleges have resulted in hundreds of arrests and led Columbia University in New York Read More
NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway, who is Jewish, sharply criticized anti-Israel student protesters at NYU, highlighting what he sees as a troubling double standard in tolerating antisemitism compared to other forms of hate. Speaking to MSNBC, Galloway drew a stark comparison: “If I went into the NYU square wearing a white hood […]
Columbia students insist their university has done nothing about a 'tsunami of antisemitism' on campus after the Hamas attack - just as President Nemat Shafik testifies.
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Amid an " alarming and escalating trend of bias-related crimes and incidents," the Oregon Department of Justice Civil Rights Unit on Monday kicked off its “You Belong.” campaign, a statewide multimedia public outreach effort to increase the awareness of Oregon’s Bias Response Hotline. The culturally and linguistically inclusive campaign will deploy six public
Rabbi Elie Buechler cautioned the students against returning to campus. The warning came amid a days-long protest that saw more than 100 arrested
As a longtime anti-Zionist and member of Jewish Voice for Peace, it has been a fact of my life that the organized Jewish community has considered me a pariah. When I was president of my Jewish congregation, the executive director of the local Jewish Federation refused to speak with me; when communication was required, he More
Police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, but officials say students may have been attacked because of their sexual orientation.
When Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to Columbia University on Wednesday to call for President Minouche Shafik's resignation, he was joined by CNN’s Erin Burnett who sat down with Johnson for an interview on OutFront. Burnett would claim that it was a good thing Johnson was booed or the situation might have spun out of control and also asked him why he cares so much about anti-Semitism at Columbia considering it is a private university. Previewing her interview, Burnett recalled, “They were, and...
When Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to Columbia University on Wednesday to call for President Minouche Shafik's resignation, he was joined by CNN’s Erin Burnett who sat down with Johnson for an interview on OutFront. Burnett would claim that it was a good thing Johnson was booed or the situation might have spun out of control and also asked him why he cares so much about anti-Semitism at Columbia considering it is a private university. Previewing her interview, Burnett recalled, “They were, and...