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Columbia U Concedes to Federal Demands Amid Campus Anti-Semitism Crisis, Sparking Fierce Debate Over Academic Independence

Columbia U Concedes to Federal Demands Amid Campus Anti-Semitism Crisis, Sparking Fierce Debate Over Academic Independence By: Fern Sidman In a move that has ignited both controversy and concern across academic and civil liberties circles, Columbia University has formally agreed to comply with a set of sweeping directives from the Trump administration as a prerequisite […]

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Columbia Declined To Investigate Swastikas Scrawled Throughout Hamilton Hall Because They Were ‘Written in Chalk and Could Be Erased’: Complaint

Collin Anderson In December 2023, months before Columbia University student activists took over Hamilton Hall, a group of them “ran riot” through the campus building and “scrawled obscene graffiti, including swastikas,” a school janitor alleged in a federal discrimination complaint. Columbia did not investigate the ordeal because the swastikas were considered “free speech” and were […]

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Columbia says it expelled some anti-Israel students, revoked degrees, issued multi-year suspensions

(JNS) Columbia University announced on Thursday that it had disciplined students, who occupied the Ivy League school’s Hamilton Hall last spring, including with “multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations and expulsions.” “The return of suspended students will be overseen by Columbia’s University Life Office,” added the school, which is the subject of a federal probe for […]

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ICE Nabs Pro-Hamas Activist Behind Columbia U’s Anti-Israel Protests;  Lawyer Says Visa & Green Card Revoked

ICE Nabs Pro-Hamas Activist Behind Columbia U’s Anti-Israel Protests; Lawyer Says Visa & Green Card Revoked By: Fern Sidman In a striking escalation of tensions over anti-Israel demonstrations on American university campuses, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested a prominent Palestinian activist who led several high-profile and disruptive protests at Columbia University […]

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The Associated Press vs. Judea and Samaria’s Jews

The Associated Press vs. Judea and Samaria’s Jews By: Moshe Phillips A recent Associated Press news report that was featured by many news outlets worldwide inadvertently disclosed the truth that the Israel Defense Forces are not occupying cities in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank). The story was authored by Tia Goldenberg and is described […]

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‘Columbia should be more worried than I am,’ many thinking of transferring, Jewish student says

( JNS) As Barnard College sought to de-escalate a protest on Wednesday afternoon, in which dozens of anti-Israel demonstrators—many wearing keffiyehs—stormed its library, the school received a specific bomb threat targeting the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning. “Our staff, at risk to their own personal safety, remained in the Milstein lobby, urging the masked […]

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