Posts Tagged: Columbia University
Anti-Zionist Group at Columbia University Calls for Boycott of ‘Pro-Israel’ Clubs, Equates Zionism With Antisemitism
Anti-Zionist students at Columbia University in New York have called for a boycott of "pro-Israel" campus clubs, and equated Zionism, the movement for Jewish national...
Jewish, Zionist Students Speak Out Over Divisive ‘Apartheid Week’ Campaign Targeting Israel
Jewish and Zionist students who recently faced heightened levels of anti-Zionist campus activism during the provocatively-named "Israeli Apartheid Week" have spoken out against its divisive...
Columbia Student Leaders Vote Down BDS Referendum, Drawing Applause From Jewish, Zionist Campus Groups
Student leaders at Columbia University on Sunday rejected a controversial effort to divest from eight companies over their ties to Israel, following concerns raised by Jewish...
Columbia Students to Consider Divestment Referendum Targeting Israel This Weekend
Columbia University student leaders will consider on Sunday a proposal to hold a campus-wide referendum on divestment from Israel. The ballot initiative is being brought forward to...
Columbia Grad Union Reps to Call for BDS in Negotiations With Administration
As Columbia University prepares to negotiate with its graduate student union on Monday, members of the union's bargaining committee are looking to urge support for...
Hebrew University Distances Itself From Lecturer Who Said Palestinian Kids Face ‘Death Machine’ in Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem distanced itself from a professor who claimed that the Israeli military was using Palestinian children to test its weapons --...
After Antisemitic Attack, Columbia Professor Lights Campus Hanukkah Menorah
JNS.org - A Columbia Teachers College professor whose office was vandalized with antisemitic images earlier this week lit the first Hanukkah candle on the campus menorah in front of a...
Jewish Students at Columbia University ‘Outraged,’ ‘Distressed’ by Antisemitic Graffiti on Campus
The vandalization on Wednesday of a Columbia University Teachers College professor's office with antisemitic graffiti has left Jewish students on campus "outraged," "distressed" and "on...
At Protest, Students Say Columbia University Fails to Protect Zionists From Harassment
A student group at Columbia University protested on Thursday against what it described as the administration's tolerance of harassment directed at Zionists. Some 50 members of Students Supporting...
Protest Planned at Columbia University as ‘Pro-Israel Students Harassed, Systematically Silenced on Campus’
Students at Columbia University in New York and their allies are planning to protest the administration's response to what they describe as a culture of...
Alumni Group Knocks Columbia University for ‘Disappointing’ Response to Professor Who Blamed Israel for ‘Every Dirty Act in the World’
An alumni group has criticized Columbia University's response to concerns shared about a professor who has been accused of promoting a hostile environment for Jewish...
Coalition of Columbia Professors, Alumni, Students Urge University to Discipline ‘Antisemitic’ Professor Who Blasted ‘Fifth Column Zionists’
Nearly 250 alumni, students, faculty, and community members called on Columbia University on Tuesday to discipline a professor accused of making antisemitic comments. Hamid Dabashi, who teaches Iranian...
Columbia University Fosters Hate and Anti-Israel Incitement
Columbia University has once again made headlines. The Algemeiner declared the school one of the worst universities for Jewish students during 2017. Now, in 2018, Professor...
Over 60 Groups Urge Columbia, NYU, Syracuse, UC Irvine to Counter ‘Hostile Climate for Jewish, Zionist Students’
More than 60 groups have called on Columbia University, New York University, Syracuse University, and University of California Irvine on Tuesday to act against "a...
