Dion J. Pierre
ARTICLES BY: Dion J. Pierre
Republican Lawmakers Chastise Harvard University for ‘Weak’ Proposal Addressing Antisemitism
A group of US Republican lawmakers, led by Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Tim Walberg (R-MI), implored interim Harvard University president Alan Garber to implement...
Pro-Israel Group Calls on US Justice Department to Apply ‘KKK Laws’ to Pro-Hamas Demonstrations
StandWithUs (SWU), a Jewish civil rights group based in California, is imploring the US Justice Department to crack down on masked protests at Columbia University...
Jewish Civil Rights Group Challenges UC Berkeley Motion to Dismiss Antisemitism Lawsuit
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on Wednesday filed a legal brief challenging the University of California, Berkeley's (UC Berkeley) motion...
ADL Report Finds Rise in Antisemitic Beliefs at University of California After Oct. 7 Hamas Attack
Antisemitic and anti-Zionist attitudes at the University of California, Irvine increased after Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel, a new statistical study conducted by...
US Jewish Groups Condemn Anti-Zionist Resolutions Considered by American Federation of Teachers
A coalition of US Jewish groups on Monday denounced the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the largest educators' unions in the country, for...
US Democrats Try to Stop Bills Designed to Punish Campus Antisemitism
Democrats in the US House of Representatives attempted to ensure legislation which would punish universities that fail to protect Jewish students from antisemitism would die...
2,500 Rabbis Call for Columbia University President’s Resignation
Thousands of rabbis are calling on Columbia University president Minouche Shafik to resign over her choosing not to fire four administrators who sent each other...
US Education Department Sued for Closing Antisemitism Investigation of University of Pennsylvania
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is suing the US Department of Education over its allegedly premature closing of an investigation...
‘Harvard Has Caved In’: Pro-Hamas Demonstrators Celebrate ‘Student Intifada’ After School ‘Downgrades’ Punishments
Harvard University has "downgraded" the disciplinary sanctions it levied against several pro-Hamas protesters it punished for illegally occupying Harvard Yard and roiling the campus for...
University of Florida Hands Down Years-Long Suspensions to Pro-Hamas Rioters
The University of Florida (UF) has handed down severe and potentially life-altering punishments to six pro-Hamas rioters who participated in occupying the campus in an...
NYU Settles Antisemitism Lawsuit With Jewish Students
New York University has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum of money to settle a lawsuit brought by three students who sued the school for...
Powerful Union Browbeat and Retaliated Against Jewish Members, New Lawsuit Says
A powerful union for New York public defenders became a "cornucopia of classic modern antisemitism" in the months following the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas' Oct....
University of Texas at Austin Disciplines Pro-Hamas Rioters
The University of Texas at Austin has levied disciplinary sanctions against four students who illegally occupied the campus as part of a pro-Hamas demonstration aimed...
Columbia University Disciplines Administrators for Antisemitic Tropes Shared in Group Chat
Three Columbia University administrators have been placed on involuntary leave for sharing communications which "disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic tropes" while serving on the job,...
