Columbia University
Story Stream
Arrest of Palestinian Columbia Activist Divides American Jews March 12, 2025
The arrest of a former Columbia University graduate student who had a leading role on campus criticizing Israel’s war in Gaza has sparked sharp divisions within the American Jewish community.Mahmoud Khalil, an activist in last year’s pro-Palestinian ...
Jewish Learning Forced Underground, Again March 06, 2025
‘Welcome to our bunker,” our professor and historian, Avi Shilon, jokingly proclaims as his students pass through the security checkpoint into our newly imposed underground classroom.Devoid of daylight and guarded by a six-foot-tall security officer,...
Jews at Columbia: The First Hundred Years (1754-1854) August 29, 2024
Many of our posts have dealt with Jewish-related material at Columbia, focusing on the importance of the study of Hebrew to its founder and subsequent 18th century instructors, and even about finding American Jewish history in the collections. This ...
Imam Tells Columbia Students to ‘Take Out’ Jewish Prof. August 28, 2024
An imam told Columbia University students to “take out” a Jewish professor during an event last week hosted by a pro-Palestinian group, according to a video on X.A few days later, the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine said Instagram “permane...
Columbia Removes Deans, Saying Texts Touched on ‘Antisemitic Tropes’ July 09, 2024
Three Columbia University administrators have been removed from their posts after sending text messages that “disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic tropes” during a forum about Jewish issues in May, according to a letter sent by Columbia offici...
NYPD’s Bust Up at Columbia Doesn’t Mean Antisemitic Episode is Over May 01, 2024
Although the NYPD was finally allowed to do its job at Columbia University, it would be a mistake to believe the disgraceful episode is over. After all, the pro-Hamas stooges, the complicit faculty and the quisling administrators are still jockeying ...
Antisemitism on Campus Surges as Agitators Take Over April 23, 2024
Police are removing anti-Israel protesters from Yale’s campus Monday after a week of demonstrations calling for the university to divest from military weapon manufacturers. Students at Columbia University also were told all classes will be held virtu...
Biden Denounces Antisemitism on College Campuses April 22, 2024
President Biden condemned antisemitism on college campuses in a statement on Sunday, three days after more than 100 people protesting the Israel-Gaza war on Columbia University’s campus were arrested.Biden’s statement, which came as part of a lengthy...
Columbia's President Rebuts Claims University is Hotbed of Antisemitism April 18, 2024
Columbia University’s president took a firm stance against antisemitism in a congressional hearing on Wednesday, but she faced bruising criticism from Republicans who say her actions haven’t supported her words, especially when it comes to disciplini...
Jewish Traditions are 'Cultural Curiosities' in the University October 21, 2021
In September, a bureaucrat at Barnard College, the sister institution of Columbia University, declared the millennia-old religious requirements of Judaism null and void. To understand the exquisite irony of her announcement, we must first review the ...
