A series of antisemitic incidents across various educational institutions in the United States, including Origins High School, Columbia University, MIT, Sarah Lawrence College, and the University of Pennsylvania, has prompted demands for investigations and legal actions. Members of the NYC Jewish Caucus are calling for an immediate, transparent, and independent investigation into allegations of persistent antisemitism at Origins High School. Columbia University's leadership has agreed to a congressional hearing over the issue. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce plans to interview former Harvard advisory group member Dara Horn '99. Legal actions include a Title VI civil rights complaint against Sarah Lawrence College for allowing harassment and threats against Jewish students and a lawsuit by pro-Palestinian faculty at the University of Pennsylvania to prevent the transfer of sensitive documents to a congressional committee investigating campus antisemitism.
The letter to MIT President Sally Kornbluth said that multiple faculty and staff "have made antisemitic remarks and justified Palestinian terrorism" @twthigherground https://t.co/qrB4ruMG3P
New plaintiffs joined an amended complaint filed by two Penn students against the University alleging an insufficient response to antisemitism on campus. https://t.co/IPrCjUyXmh
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will interview former Harvard antisemitism advisory group member Dara Horn ’99 on Monday as it considers further legal action against the University. @cam_kettles reports. https://t.co/OUhgud4XtX
Pro-Palestinian faculty at the University of Pennsylvania are suing the Ivy League school to stop it from sending sensitive internal files to a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on campus. https://t.co/fBwDf7iAzs
Campaigners step up legal drive over US campus antisemitism claims https://t.co/Q4hKFoNiz6
Jewish organizations filed a Title VI civil rights complaint against Sarah Lawrence College, alleging that harassment of Jewish students has gone unchecked on the campus. | @zach_kessel https://t.co/UXD0jJ9i6A
University President Minouche Shafik has been summoned to testify in front of Congress re antisemitism at @Columbia after declining to testify during the December 5 hearing (which turned into a trainwreck). This comes as Columbia is facing at least two Title VI complaints over…
The Hillels of Westchester filed a Title VI civil rights complaint against Sarah Lawrence college Wednesday, alleging that the institution has created a climate in which harassment and threats against Jewish students are allowed to flourish. @NRO https://t.co/smatSX09aN
A Title VI complaint has been filed against Sarah Lawrence College for antisemitism, according to @J_Insider. -A Jewish student (who has since transferred out because of the hate) says members of the local SJP chapter told him he “should have been killed in Israel.” -TWO DAYS… https://t.co/GcYWsmZiny
"Columbia University's president agrees to congressional hearing over campus antisemitism." (via @USATODAY) https://t.co/Mqtp5ntfoO
A public school district in suburban New York is being investigated for discrimination by the US Department of Education, months after basketball players from one of its schools directed antisemitic slurs at their opponents from a Jewish day school. https://t.co/HbSS6lr2vg
Two Penn faculty members and the recently formed Penn Faculty for Justice in Palestine are suing Penn to stop the transfer of documents about faculty and students to a congressional committee investigating complaints of antisemitism on campus. https://t.co/uYILiCjgnw
MIT landed on the committee’s radar after Kornbluth, along with Claudine Gay and UPenn President Liz Magill, told the panel at a Dec. 7 hearing that whether calls for “genocide of Jews” violate the campus conduct codes would depend on the context. https://t.co/63htYrzqFX
Columbia University leadership has turned a blind eye to the rise in antisemitism on its campus. The @EdWorkforceCmte will not stand for Jewish students consistently being harassed and threatened. Accountability is coming! https://t.co/DujUNeqk5b
Antisemitic incidents at Origins High School continue. Thanks to my colleagues @NYCJewishCaucus we are demanding that @NYCSchools conduct an immediate, transparent and independent investigation into allegations of persistent Antisemitism & hostile environment that goes unchecked. https://t.co/R8Qibfl0Q3
Antisemitic incidents at Origins High School continue. Thanks to my colleagues @NYCJewishCaucus we are demanding an immediate, transparent and independent investigation into allegations of persistent Antisemitism & hostile environment that goes unchecked. https://t.co/MAdLhoR7ez