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We are a collective of @Columbia , @BarnardCollege & @TeachersCollege faculty & staff who support the inclusion, safety and voices of Jews, Zionists & Israelis.
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We, the Columbia Faculty and Staff Supporting Israel, declare that we will take back our university to make it an affirming, inclusive, and equal place for Jews, Israelis, and Zionists.
Read our full statement:
#ColumbiaUniversity
#Columbiaprotests
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We were proud to join tens of thousands of people yesterday at the
@CelebrateIsrael
parade, including our colleagues at
@TheAENetwork
and students in
@SSIcolumbia
, to show the world that we stand strongly with Israel and to proclaim one clear message:
#bringthemhomenow
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Watch the unsettling muting of a
@Columbia
prof at an official university senate meeting for raising concerns about the security of Jewish students and faculty amid the possible presence of people with ties to terrorists. Unjust silencing will not be tolerated.
NEW from me
A meeting of the Columbia University faculty Senate was derailed after a professor warned that terrorists had infiltrated the campus
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Today our
@Columbia
faculty and staff had the honor of meeting with Ilay David, brother of Evyatar David, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza for 293 days. The pain that these family members experience every day is unimaginable.
@bringhomenow
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We are so proud of these brave students who wore
@bringhomenow
stoles to their
@ColumbiaSIPA
graduation. Congratulations and thank you for keeping our 132 hostages in the forefront
#bringthemhomenow
@Omer_Lubi
סמל החטופים וקריאה לשחרורם - בטקסי הסיום באוניברסיטת קולומביה
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Congratulations to
@katrinarmstrong
on assuming the role of Interim
@Columbia
University President. We wish you much success in your role and hope to see you lead the institution with moral courage, including enforcement of all university policies.
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.
@HebrewU
history prof. Jonathan Dekel-Chen spoke at
@ColumbiaIIJS
today. He poignantly shared the story of his son Sagui who was taken hostage from Nir Oz on Oct 7, and Nir Oz’s story. He challenged us to reach out to someone w/ whom we disagree to work toward a better tomorrow.
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The
@Columbia
faculty and staff delegation visited the site of the Nova Music Festival, where 364 people were murdered and over 40 were kidnapped. It is impossible to grasp the scale of this massacre.
@cbhillel
@brcohen
@CU_JewishAlumni
@UJAfedNY
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With the rise in antisemitism on campus, many students from Ivy League schools including
@Columbia
have opted to transfer to
@YUNews
@YeshivaUni
@josefsorett
@CC_Columbia
@BarnardCollege
- you’re going to continue to lose top notch students
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Today, on Yom HaZikaron, Israel's Memorial Day, we pause to mourn and remember the sacrifices of too many for the state of Israel to exist and continue to exist. Join us to remember them tonight at 6 pm at
@cbhillel
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BREAKING NEWS: Columbia Removes Three Deans, Saying Texts Touched on ‘Antisemitic Tropes’
@CampusJewHate
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Wow. This report on the callousness of
@Columbia
administrators’ towards concerns about antisemitism on campus is shocking.
NEW: In leaked text messages obtained by the Free Beacon, top Columbia administrators—including the dean of the college—mocked and dismissed concerns about anti-Semitism on campus and even used vomit emojis to refer to a Columbia rabbi’s op-ed.
Scoop w/
@elianayjohnson
.🧵
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Law prof
@profmitts
speaks out on the “poorly researched”
@Columbia
Law Review article that excluded a large group of Jewish students “from the deliberative process”
Controversial Columbia Law Review Article Subverted Standard Editing Process
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Congratulations to our
@ColumbiaSIPA
graduates and kudos to you for showing your true colors and sharing this important message with the world
#BringThemHomeNow
@Omer_Lubi
@bringhomenow
אחרי שבועות מתוחים באוניברסיטת קולומביה ולאחר שבוטל הטקס הגדול, הסטודנטים הישראלים שסיימו את לימודיהם הגיעו אתמול לטקסי הסיום עם סרטים עם סמל החטופים והכיתוב: Bring Them Home
@KerenB_News
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“
@Columbia
faculty members were enmeshed in the student protest encampments. The people…hired to educate and inspire all students – sanctioned discriminatory access to the lawn and seemingly endorsed pro-genocide rhetoric.”
@jessicaschwalb7
@LishiBaker
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Read this important opinion piece by
@Columbia
Jewish nursing student Michael Gross. "Will the antisemitism at Columbia University ever end? I believe the only way to get meaningful change is to sue my school."
Will the antisemitism at Columbia University ever end? As a Jewish nursing student who’s seen the hate every day since Oct. 7, I believe the only way to get meaningful change is to sue my school, writes Michael Gross
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“We have disciplinary cases still in progress from the spring, and it’s really important that the university move ahead with those, for people who deserve serious consequences — including suspension or even expulsion” -
@Columbia
law prof David Schizer
Since October 7, Columbia has been hit with lawsuits accusing them of failing to address the resulting surge in antisemitism, but a new complaint employs a little-used, 19th-century law: The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. |
@zach_kessel
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Many thanks to Dr.
@CochavElkayam
, Founder of
@DvoraInstitute
& Chair of the Civil Commission on Oct. 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women & Children, for sharing details of her crucial & unprecedented work with the
@Columbia
faculty & staff delegation to Israel
@cbhillel
@brcohen
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We are outraged by this attack against
@Columbia
COO CAs Holloway. Hate cannot be tolerated in any form.
Red paint is splattered across
@Columbia
COO Cas Holloway’s apartment. They’ve spray painted a red triangle, smashed his front door, and released crickets. Their letter notes, “Since you became the Chief Operating Officer of Columbia University on January 30, 2024, you have done
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Thanks to Prof. David Harel, President of
@IsraelAcademy
, for hosting a delegation of
@Columbia
faculty and staff, and sharing important insights on collaborations with Israeli academia and on antisemitism in American campuses
@CU_JewishAlumni
@cbhillel
@brcohen
@GilZussman
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Listen to our students: Many Jewish students say pro-Palestinian encampments make them feel less safe,
@HillelIntl
survey finds via
@JTAnews
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This inaccurate, antisemitic portrayal of the map of Israel has been up on the official
@BarnardCollege
account for nearly 48 hours. Where is the leadership of this institution?
@preslrosenbury
@rlwalkowitz
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Do not give up: Show up as generations of Jewish Columbians have done before you,
@Columbia
prof Rebecca Kobrin
urges students
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With the fall semester quickly approaching,
@Columbia
students and faculty worry about the impact of DA Alvin Bragg’s “free pass to those who violently and systematically bring chaos to our streets and our campus under the cover of a mask.”
@edenyadegar
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@momoftwinsab
Thanks for your support. It means so much to us. Keep advocating and sharing the truth with the world.
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“We are returning to our campus with a determination to embrace our identities as Jews or allies of the Jewish people…We feel empowered.” Read about our
@Columbia
faculty & staff trip to Israel.
via
@JewishChron
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Many thanks to
@TelAvivUni
President Prof. Ariel Porat, Vice President for International Academic Collaborations Prof.
@MiletteShamir
, Diversity Officer in the Equity, Diversity and Community Office Ms. Camellia Darawsha, & Prof. Dina Porat for hosting the
@Columbia
delegation!
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Prof. Assaf Zeevi of
@Columbia_Biz
is worried abt
@Columbia
’s “negotiating, or mediating, w/ the leaders of the student organizations that repeatedly broke university rules…Negotiating with the students rather than enforcing the rules will likely result in similar behaviors.”
Ahead of school year, US Jews skeptical campuses can prevent repeat of hostilities
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Our
@Columbia
faculty and staff delegation enjoyed meeting our
@TelAvivUni
-
@Columbia
dual degree students and other students spending the summer in Israel. We look forward to greeting them back on campus in the fall
@ColumbiaGS
@CUJewsIsraelis
@CU_JewishAlumni
@ColumbiaAlumniA
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Powerful piece by Israeli Columbia grad student Eleanor Reich, granddaughter of Holocaust survivors
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Thanks to Dr. Amit Frenkel, Director of Soroka Medical Center's Critical Care Outreach Unit, for hosting the
@Columbia
and
@ColumbiaMed
Faculty and Staff delegation, and sharing the heroic efforts of
@soroka_mc
following Oct. 7.
@cbhillel
@brcohen
@UJAfedNY
@CU_JewishAlumni
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Congrats to
@ColumbiaGS
Dean Prof. Lisa Rosen-Metsch on receiving the 2024 Seixas Award at the
@cbhillel
Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life's Annual Dinner
@brcohen
@Columbia
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Ran Kivetz, a
@Columbia
Business School prof “who has been outspoken about antisemitism on campus, said that if protesters follow through on their threats to skip school, they should know ‘there are ramifications.’ If the students don’t show up for class, ‘they will fail.’”
NEW in
@TheFP
— After the encampment strategy ‘did not win' last spring, young socialists are adopting a new protest strategy for the fall: skipping class.
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We would like to see a statement like this protecting students from anti-Zionism
@Columbia
, too.
NYU just set the bar by declaring that discrimination against Zionists isn't protected. It's a pivotal move for campus safety, especially for Jewish students. UCLA should take note and implement similar protections against anti-Zionism, the new antisemitism. This isn't
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Some
@columbiafsi
members also joined the large
@bringhomenow
contingent to bring attention to this crucial issue:
#bringthemhomenow
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Watch
@JoshuaMitts
,
@ColumbiaLaw
prof: "When you have a small group...committed to destroying property & shutting down campus life, that is the moment that we, the faculty, need to...say ‘it's time to restore order.’"
#columbiaprotests
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We congratulate the first class of
@TelAvivUni
@ColumbiaGS
dual degree students, along with all graduating
@ColumbiaGS
students. Many dual degree students have “taken more of an active role” in pro-Israel activities on campus, as Inbar Brand shared:
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We are heartened to see this ruling for our colleagues and their students at
@UCLA
🛑 It's called "Equal Protection," folks! Today's court ruling reveals a shocking truth: Jewish students at UCLA were excluded from certain areas because they wouldn't denounce their faith. 😮 UCLA admitted this but claimed it wasn’t their job to step in. The court says
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Kudos to
@Columbia
student
@LishiBaker
on this strong piece.
On Tokenism and the Denial of Antisemitism — read my latest op-ed in the Columbia Daily Spectator here:
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Read
@Columbia
profs
@Rebecca_Kobrin
and
@SchalerHaynes
proposal for holding Class of 2024 commencement ceremonies despite protests. via
@northjersey
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“I won’t be surprised if things are just as bad when the semester starts,” said
@Columbia
prof Cliff Stein. “This is extremely upsetting…. I’m seeing [antisemitism] on my own campus, in the world I inhabit, and I spend a lot of time worrying about it.”
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Read this important op-ed from the
@Columbia
Antisemitism Task Force, "We Hear You." "Our university should make it clear that it hears and understands these feelings and plans to do something to improve these students’ lives."
.
@ColumbiaSpec
op-ed from the Columbia Antisemitism Task Force assesses antisemitism on campus and calls
@Columbia
to “make it clear that it hears and understands these feelings and plans to do something to improve these students’ lives.”
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Read this powerful piece by Sophie Kasson, a first-year student in the Double Degree program between
@BarnardCollege
and
@JTSVoice
@SSIcolumbia
'Freshman fear': How Antisemitism tainted my first year at Columbia University. 'I am deeply disappointed in my school’s failure to protect me, but I am even more disappointed in my peers for refusing to remove antisemitic rhetoric from their movement.'
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Join us on Monday, 5/6 at 6:30pm at 115th and Riverside to commemorate Yom HaShoah. Showing up has never been more important than right now
#NeverAgainIsNow
#CampusesAgainstHate
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These brave
@Columbia
students have spoken up. Listen to what they have to say.
For months, fellow students have denied our lived experience. As we wrap up a semester of violence and antisemitism, we, the Jewish students at Columbia University who ARE deeply connected to our People and culture, would like to speak in our name.
Please take a moment to read
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It is very concerning how such resolutions are presented to the faculty and administration as the overwhelming grad student sentiment while they are based on votes by ~5% of the graduate students. Terribly misleading.
The graduate student union of
@Columbia
has stated that it is going to incorporate “cops off campus” and BDS as demands for its 2025 contract. These new requirements are a result of two resolutions that passed the 50% threshold in votes last month.
Looking under the hood, the
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Join
@profmitts
of
@ColumbiaLaw
and Akiva Shapiro of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists tomorrow (Tues) at 2 pm for a conversation on "Columbia in Crisis." Email alyssa.grzesh
@aajlj
.org to register.
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Join us to commemorate Yom HaShoah on Monday 5/6 @ 2pm EST to show our strength, unity & resilience. 1. Read the names of the 132 hostages 2. Blow a shofar 3. Observe 2 mins of silence to remember those who perished in the Shoah, 4. Sing Hatikvah. Tag photos
#CampusesAgainstHate
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So wonderfully heartwarming to see our
@Columbia
faculty and staff hard at work packing food boxes for diverse groups of people in West and East Jerusalem with
@Yahel_Israel
Spent the afternoon packing food boxes for people in both West and East Jerusalem with
@Yahel_Israel
. We worked with Mahmood and Drori, who have been working together for 10 years, bringing food, reducing fear. First you do, then you hear. This is a
#sharedsociety
@columbiafsi
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Jewish
@Columbia
professors
@gil_zussman
and Amy Werman call out faculty for encouraging protestors via
@timesofisrael
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@RitchieTorres
Thank you for bringing this important story to light for all. Action must be taken tomorrow make
@Columbia
safe and welcome for all.
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Thank you for sharing the story of the incredibly difficult experiences of many of our Israeli students at
@Columbia
this past year
Its been a hard year for Jewish students on American university campuses., but for
#Israelis
studying there its been even harder... how will this impact the academic relationship between Israel and the U.S. in the future?
#Read
my latest for
@J_Insider
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“Typically we think of this as kind of an academic freedom issue, but excluding around the article is not a matter of academic freedom,"
@profmitts
said. "They prevented a supermajority of members from even knowing about the article's existence—prevented them from commenting
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Thank you
@RitchieTorres
for always speaking up and sharing the truth with the world.
The whitewashing of pro-Hamas encampments is gaslighting at its worst.
Since when does a “peaceful protest” resort to violence and vandalism.
Since when does an “anti-war protest” demands war on the very existence of a nation state, let alone the world’s ONLY Jewish State.
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Please share this letter written by our incredible
@Columbia
students. We are so proud of their eloquence, resilience and commitment to the Jewish people. There is still hope for the future.
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@Columbia
law prof and antisemitism task force member
@mattwaxman1
is concerned about the fall:
“I’m disturbed at, what seems to me, is a lack of urgency,” Waxman said.
At Columbia, “Do I have confidence that the campus situation and experience in the fall won’t look just like the past spring? No, not at all.”
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Spotted!
@Columbia
faculty and staff at
@CelebrateIsrael
wearing their
@FAAM_network
gear with
@ShabbosK
🙌 500+ faculty members are using, wearing, and hanging FAAM swag. Are you one of them? Show us! Email a photo of you with your favorite FAAM item to info
@FacultyAgainstAntisemitism
.org.
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Reflections on the sudden change in leadership
@Columbia
by law prof
@mattwaxman1
: “University leadership has been promising that combating antisemitism is a priority, but…I don’t have confidence that the campus situation this fall is going to look any different”
Embattled Columbia president Minouche Shafik resigns months after anti-Israel student protests: report
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@ShaiDavidai
@Columbia
@BarnardCollege
@TeachersCollege
Thank you for your activism and support,
@ShaiDavidai
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Watch this brave
@Columbia
student stand up to the bullying and word twisting of
@briebriejoy
WATCH as
@briebriejoy
twists the words and bullies a Jewish student
@columbia
.
@briebriejoy
then denies what the Jewish student is saying to such an extent that her co-anchor has to interject to correct her misstatements
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"The ideological regime of antisemitism that has entrenched itself in America’s universities will only collapse when enough Jews stop being afraid and stop unwillingly aiding it by hiding and self-censoring." Thank you
@NatanSharansky
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We cannot believe that
@Columbia
is canceling Commencement this year and moving Class Days to Baker Field. What a disappointment for all the students and their families.
BREAKING: Columbia Commencement ceremonies, initially scheduled for May 15, have been canceled, and Class Days will take place at the Baker Athletics Complex and other off-campus locations, according to a Monday announcement.
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@gil_zussman
also hopes the antisemitism task force’s recommendations on demonstrations 'will be fully adopted and the university policies and rules will be enforced.'”
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.
@gil_zussman
chair of the electrical engineering dept
@CUSEAS
& member of the Antisemitism Task Force, is "optimistic about the change in leadership at Columbia and hopes that 'the campus environment will be once again welcoming to all students, staff, and faculty.'"
Columbia faculty expressed shock, frustration, and hope on Thursday following Minouche Shafik’s resignation from the presidency and Katrina Armstrong’s appointment as interim president.
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4,000+
@Columbia
affiliates signed a letter to Pres Shafik supporting “campus safety and academic freedom” with a link to “Sidechat screenshots with people asking how to join the encampments on campus and discussions of Zionism.” Original letter:
As demonstrations erupted at Columbia, NYU, Yale, Princeton, the University of Texas, and elsewhere, students took to Sidechat anonymous social media app to share memes and express dismay at their administrators’ responses.
More on Sidechat:
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Zussman also hopes the antisemitism task force’s recommendations on demonstrations 'will be fully adopted and the university policies and rules will be enforced.'”
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Thank you
@MaltzJudy
for this important article on the current feelings of Israelis at
@Columbia
Columbia used to be a dream school for Israelis. Now they're campus pariahs .
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or vetoing or raising concerns. And that group certainly includes a large number of Jewish students. And that's deeply concerning."
"That's ultimately what concerned the board, because this just wasn't proper process. It wasn't proper governance.”
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“It's as if there was a takeover of the Columbia Law Review by a minority. And that's just something that can't be tolerated."
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.
@ColumbiaSIPA
Prof. Ester Fuchs, co-Chair of the
@columbia
Antisemitism Task Force, met with the President of Israel
@Isaac_Herzog
& Leah Goldin to discuss antisemitism at Columbia and in US campuses.
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.
@Columbia
students react to deans' removal over antisemitic text messages: "This is a good first step," said
@LishiBaker
. "Even though it's a month late, they are addressing the issue.
@Etanetan23
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Thanks to Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, President, Shalom Hartman Institute, and Rana Fahoum, Director of the Center for Shared Society
@Hartman_Inst
, for hosting the
@Columbia
faculty and staff delegation
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Hear from
@Columbia
prof Ran Kivetz about the months of “antisemitic, anti-American agitation” on campus via
@dcexaminer
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Read this important update from our
@Columbia
students
More from three of the authors of the open letter “In Our Name: A Message from Jewish Students at Columbia University.”
Where is Columbia today, and where do we go from here? It starts with accountability.
Read our latest
@LishiBaker
@Eliana_Goldin
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Read about why
@Columbia
prof
@gil_zussman
is worried about escalation following the events earlier this week
via
@ynetnews
#columbiaprotest
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Thank you for sharing this brave letter by our
@Columbia
students.
I found this statement, In Our Name, by the Columbia University Jewish student community compelling. With the details changed it speaks for what I know are the views and values of Harvard's Jewish community and the Jewish communities at many other universities.
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We’re certainly not surprised.
Who’s surprised? A top U.S. intelligence official revealed that the Iranian government is providing financial support for the anti-Israel demonstrations that have terrorized American college campuses.
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Wow. We are blown away by this generous act for
@cbhillel
on behalf of our non-Jewish allies. Thank you so much.
RAYS OF HOPE: A group of non-Jewish Columbia alumni raised close to $10K in just ONE DAY on FB for Columbia/Barnard Hillel this week.
This reflects the moral clarity and authentic spirit of inclusion that once defined our school - and which we fully intend to restore
@cbhillel
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Congratulations, you made the ultimate frisbee team. Now what’s your stance on Zionism? My new story:
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Thank you for being a proud and outspoken defender of Jewish students and faculty everywhere
@DrBrianKeating
I was proud and humbled to share the harrowing experiences of Jewish students and faculty at the
@UofCalifornia
since October 7. With help from Congress, we can continue to be a beacon in the darkness. Let there be light!
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Thank you for launching this important campaign to
#unmaskhate
Let’s
#UnMaskHate
. Today, a diverse coalition of civil rights & faith leaders joined lawmakers to launch a campaign to protect Jews & marginalized communities from those using face coverings to terrorize with impunity. Join us in the fight for safety:
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Read about
@Columbia
profs' Awi Federgruen and Ran Kivetz's research on what's happening on the ground in Gaza in terms of food supply.
Columbia University Professors Awi Federgruen and Ran Kivetz presented research to Post demonstrating that sufficient food supplies are reaching Gaza, challenging the narrative that Israel is responsible for famine in the region.
✍🏽
@sfrantzman
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We applaud our colleagues
@bstockwell
and Andreas Wimmer for demonstrating what a well reasoned, respectful debate between people with different views can look like
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Thank you
@IddoGefen
for your brave piece
I wrote for
@TheAtlantic
about my experience as a Jew and Israeli on
@Columbia
's campus.
"More people, including faculty and students, should speak out against hateful rhetoric that is morally wrong, even if it's protected by the First Amendment".
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