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A series of tweets from various sources including lawmakers, news outlets, and individuals have highlighted a growing concern over antisemitic incidents across several educational institutions in the U.S. These include Origins High School, Columbia University, MIT, Sarah Lawrence College, and the University of Pennsylvania, among others. Lawmakers, including members of the @NYCJewishCaucus and the @EdWorkforceCmte, are demanding immediate, transparent, and independent investigations into these allegations, specifically calling on @NYCSchools for action. The Department of Education has been urged to protect students' civil rights amid reports of harassment and threats against Jewish students. Additionally, legal actions, including a Title VI civil rights complaint and lawsuits filed against universities for failing to address the issue and for potentially violating free speech related to Palestine, have been initiated. The situation has prompted congressional hearings, including one on December 7 with testimonies from Kornbluth, Claudine Gay, and Liz Magill, and investigations by the Department of Education into the discrimination against Jewish students.
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
"Middlebury Students Tried To Host a Vigil for Victims of Oct. 7 Attack. Administrators Told Them To Remove the Word ‘Jewish.’ The Department of Education is now investigating Middlebury over anti-Semitism." And this was on October 10... https://t.co/9IjzHhr0ks
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
Feds investigate Yonkers, NY, school district where girls basketball players yelled antisemitic slurs at Jewish opponents https://t.co/i9jhzCivLp
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
‘Kikes out’ and ‘Up Hamas’ scrawled on walls in Manchester University union building https://t.co/Nx2blZNQ0q
Jewish identity must be celebrated, not threatened. These acts of antisemitism on campus are deeply disturbing and I am seeking an urgent meeting with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds to discuss them. https://t.co/MLhY9k7Ukm
Feds probing NY school over antisemitic slurs slung at Jewish basketball squad https://t.co/VhNnlCEoJc
"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
The proactive lawsuit is the latest legal saga unfolding at universities in the US, which since 7 October have seen a crackdown on speech related to Palestine. https://t.co/hdYNp12xWh
This is an outrageous example of the antisemitism that is all-too-common campuses. The Department of Education is charged with protecting students' civil rights: it should act.
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
A stall that was being operated by Jewish @UniversityLeeds students was attacked today. A group of Jewish students set out a table outside the University to encourage a discussion about Jewish identity on campus. The group were handing out badges to passersby that said “Leeds… https://t.co/bSe6oBoW06