Letters to the Editor: Readers debate Trump’s order on campus antisemitism
1 month ago

Letters to the Editor: Readers debate Trump’s order on campus antisemitism

LA Times  

To the editor: I certainly don’t agree with most of President Trump’s executive orders, but the one on antisemitism on college campuses is spot-on. Op-ed article writers David N. Myers and Salam Al-Marayati downplay the amount of antisemitism expressed. Protests that supported Hamas began just after the group killed about 1,200 people in Israel and took many hostages on Oct. 7, 2023, before any Israeli military action. The inability to differentiate between healthy protest and true antisemitism “fails a basic test of discernment.” As our access to information is jeopardized while our education system is under attack, critical thinking is no longer an aspiration.

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President’s move to target campus antisemitism may or may not be genuine, but the costs are too high
1 day, 3 hours ago

President’s move to target campus antisemitism may or may not be genuine, but the costs are too high

LA Times  

To the editor: To anyone who believes the Trump administration is interested in eradicating antisemitism on college campuses, remember this: After the white supremacists protesting in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 chanted, “Jews will not replace us,” President Trump remarked that there are “some very fine people on both sides.” This so-called effort to combat antisemitism is a smokescreen. To the …

UCLA launches effort to fight antisemitism as Trump says more pro-Palestinian activist arrests ahead
1 week, 4 days ago

UCLA launches effort to fight antisemitism as Trump says more pro-Palestinian activist arrests ahead

LA Times  

The Trump administration on Monday sent letters to 60 colleges and universities — 10 of them in California — warning of “potential enforcement” against them, days after canceling $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University and accusing it of ignoring antisemitism allegations. “We will find, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our country — never to return again.” …

The GOP Says It's Fighting Antisemitism In Colleges. Some Students Call BS.
2 weeks, 2 days ago

The GOP Says It's Fighting Antisemitism In Colleges. Some Students Call BS.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Students and activists from multiple faiths are sounding the alarm over the Trump administration and lawmakers’ efforts to silence dissent on college campuses over issues like Palestinian rights — accusing officials of using allegations of antisemitism as a pretext to crush free speech and exert control over the country’s higher education system. At Wednesday’s hearing, Sen. Josh …

Opinion: Trump’s antisemitism executive order mistakes dissent for bigotry
1 month, 1 week ago

Opinion: Trump’s antisemitism executive order mistakes dissent for bigotry

LA Times  

A Jan. 29 White House executive order on antisemitism is intended to combat one of the longest, most lethal and societally entrenched forms of group-based hatred in the world. It calls for the mobilization of “all available and appropriate legal tools” to confront “an unprecedented wave of vile anti-Semitic discrimination, vandalism, and violence against our citizens, especially in our schools …

Trump’s order on antisemitism and ‘Hamas sympathizers’ has California universities on alert
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s order on antisemitism and ‘Hamas sympathizers’ has California universities on alert

LA Times  

An executive order from President Trump promoting a federal crackdown on campus antisemitism and his threats to cancel visas of pro-Palestinian international students have put California university leaders and activists on alert after many of the nation’s largest and most contentious protests unfolded at their schools. And a pro-Palestinian UCLA faculty representative described the threats in the order as “authoritarianism, …

Trump executive order on antisemitism: College protesters aren’t the only ones threatened by this.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump executive order on antisemitism: College protesters aren’t the only ones threatened by this.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. A White House fact sheet, obtained by reporters ahead of the order, proclaimed that “Immediate action will be taken by the Department of Justice to protect law and order, quell pro-Hamas vandalism and intimidation, and investigate and punish anti-Jewish …

Trump pledges to deport ‘Hamas sympathisers’ on college campuses
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump pledges to deport ‘Hamas sympathisers’ on college campuses

Al Jazeera  

United States President Donald Trump has pledged to deport foreign university students involved in pro-Palestinian protests as part of a crackdown on alleged anti-Semitism, prompting an outcry from free speech and Muslim advocacy organisations. In an executive order signed on Wednesday, Trump said the federal government would use “all available and appropriate legal tools” to prosecute and remove perpetrators of …

Letters to the Editor: When do campus protests on Israel cross the line into antisemitism?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: When do campus protests on Israel cross the line into antisemitism?

LA Times  

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate at an encampment on the UCLA campus on April 26. To the editor: The report by UCLA’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias underlines the urgency of developing effective strategies for countering antisemitism on college campuses in the wake of the horrific Hamas attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and its aftermath. The Nexus …

Letters to the Editor: UC’s treatment of protesters disgraces its free-speech legacy
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: UC’s treatment of protesters disgraces its free-speech legacy

LA Times  

A protester is arrested at UC Irvine as police break up an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators May 15. At the time, I was proud to see an article in The Times quoting history professor Leon Litwack, who said at the ceremony: “The class of ’70 occupies a unique place in our legacy. As one of those students who missed out …

Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide aims to help
6 months ago

Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide aims to help

LA Times  

After one of the most tumultuous years in the modern history of the university, this new academic year brings a sense of trepidation and even dread for students, staff, faculty and administrators. Some students and faculty members at colleges across the country expressed support for the attack or refused to condemn it, leaving many Jews on campus feeling deeply vulnerable. …

As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
6 months, 2 weeks ago

As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies

The Independent  

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As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
6 months, 2 weeks ago

As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies

Associated Press  

University of Southern California law student Elizabeth Howell-Egan isn’t allowed on campus because of her role in last spring’s anti-war protests, but she is keeping up her activism. The stakes have gone up this fall for students protesting the war in Gaza, as U.S. colleges roll out new security measures and protest guidelines — all intended to avoid disruptions like …

After protests, UC Berkeley pledges to expand antisemitism education to all new students
8 months, 3 weeks ago

After protests, UC Berkeley pledges to expand antisemitism education to all new students

LA Times  

UC Berkeley will expand antisemitism education to all incoming students beginning this fall, after pro-Palestinian protests over the Israel-Hamas war fueled anxieties among many Jewish campus members, Chancellor Carol Christ announced this week. The new programs will aim to counter the “deeply disturbing” rise in antisemitism at Berkeley and elsewhere since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel, Christ …

UPenn president resigns after answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus draw sharp criticism
1 year, 3 months ago

UPenn president resigns after answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus draw sharp criticism

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. NEW YORK — New York's governor has called …

'Let me help you': Elon Musk lampoons heads of Harvard, MIT, Penn varsities for antisemitism on campus
1 year, 3 months ago

'Let me help you': Elon Musk lampoons heads of Harvard, MIT, Penn varsities for antisemitism on campus

Firstpost  

Elon Musk went off on the heads of presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for choosing to be politically correct and find nuance in a antisemitism, and genocide of the Jews Elon Musk, the owner-CTO of X has lambasted the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute …

Opinion: Nothing has prepared me for the antisemitism I see on college campuses now
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Nothing has prepared me for the antisemitism I see on college campuses now

LA Times  

I am a 70-year-old Jewish man, but never in my life have I seen or felt the antisemitism of the last few weeks. On Friday, someone in my school posted on Instagram a picture of me with the caption, “Erwin Chemerinsky has taken an indefinite sabbatical from Berkeley Law to join the I.D.F.” Two weeks ago, at a town hall, …

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