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    EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Combat Antisemitism on College Campuses  

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Following a rise in antisemitism at universities, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., has introduced legislation aimed at stopping antisemitic harassment on college campuses.   “I think if people are troubled by antisemitism on college campuses, this is the easiest way to stop it,” Fine said of his bill.  Universities have been aggressive…
    Virginia Allen
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    College Presidents Face Cross Examination at Hill Hearing on Campus Antisemitism

    Three college presidents faced sharp questioning on their responses to campus antisemitism at a congressional hearing Wednesday.  The House Education and Workforce Committee hearing—which touched on topics similar to those discussed in a December 2023 hearing that led to the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay—featured the presidents of California Polytechnic State University of San…
    George Caldwell
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    House Panel’s Republicans Prepare to Grill College Prexies on Campus Antisemitism

    A day before a scheduled House hearing to question college presidents on their responses to campus antisemitism, Republican lawmakers made clear their willingness to fight strenuously against schools not sufficiently addressing the issue. “I look forward to asking those presidents what they are doing and what they intend to do about the rise of antisemitism…
    George Caldwell
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    Harvard’s Report on Campus Antisemitism Is Damning

    It looks like the Trump administration had a very good reason to go after Harvard. Harvard University released a lengthy and damning report Tuesday on campus antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. The report paints a picture of extreme antisemitic behavior taking place not only on campus but in classrooms. The Washington Free…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘Will Not Surrender’: Harvard Scoffs at Trump Admin’s Demands to Address Antisemitism

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Harvard University announced Monday it will not agree to the Trump administration’s demands to address antisemitism on campus. The Department of Education sent a letter to the Ivy League school April 11 demanding the school agree to a host of reforms, including adjusting and enforcing disciplinary processes, improving screening of international students for “hostile”…
    Jaryn Crouson
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    Trump Administration Targets Harvard in Crackdown on Campus Antisemitism 

    Editor’s note: This piece has been updated at the end with Harvard’s response to the government’s review. The federal government has initiated a grant review of Harvard University as part of its efforts to combat antisemitism, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday.   A joint task force from the Department of Education, HHS,…
    Moira Gleason
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    Trump’s Antisemitism Order Puts Foreign Students—and US Colleges—on Notice

    After 15 months of terrorist-supporting thugs engaging in acts of violence and intimidation against Jews with impunity, America finally has a president who takes combating antisemitism seriously. On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump signed an executive order making it “the policy of the United States to combat antisemitism vigorously, using all available and appropriate legal…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Trump Comes Out Swinging as Antisemitism Rises Worldwide

    Unrest and sporadic violence in the Dutch city of Amsterdam is ongoing in the wake of an incident last week in which Israeli soccer fans were targeted in what authorities have described as antisemitic attacks. As the rate of antisemitic incidents increased across the globe following Hamas terrorists’ Oct. 7 attack last year on Israel,…
    Dan Hart
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    Donations to Harvard Hit a Wall Amid Criticism Over Antisemitism on Campus

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Harvard University saw a decrease in donations this year after criticism of its handling of antisemitism on campus spurred multiple donors to cut ties with the school. Total gifts to Harvard decreased by nearly 15% in fiscal year 2024, dropping to $1.17 billion from $1.38 billion in 2023, according to a financial report released Thursday. Several high-profile donors…
    Jaryn Crouson
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    How We Got Here: Antisemitism and an Emboldened Iran

    One year after the most deadly day in Jewish history since the Holocaust, 3.5 million American Jews say they have experienced antisemitism, according to a recent study.  “One out of every five American Jewish children has experienced antisemitism since Oct. 7,” EJ Kimball, director of Christian engagement at Combat Antisemitism Movement, said during an event…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘Cesspools of Rancid Antisemitism’: University Presidents Urged to Protect Jewish Students on Campus

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—University presidents are responsible for keeping Jewish students safe on campuses this fall if pro-Hamas rioters return, according to a letter from a think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence. Executive Vice President of Advancing American Freedom Paul Teller wrote a letter to the presidents of New York University,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    NYU Settles Lawsuit With Jewish Students Over Campus Antisemitism

    New York University settled a lawsuit Tuesday with Jewish students over claims that the university did not protect them from antisemitism on campus. The suit was filed in November accusing the university of violating federal civil rights laws by not enforcing its antidiscrimination policy in incidents targeting Jewish students and allowing “pervasive acts of hatred, discrimination, harassment,…
    Jaryn Crouson
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    ‘Condescending and Contemptuous’: University Presidents Blasted in Antisemitism Hearing

    “If I might correct the premise of your question” became the phrase of the day from university leaders Thursday in a contentious House hearing focused on antisemitism. Appearing before the House Education and Workforce Committee were Michael Schill, president of Northwestern University; Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University; and Gene Block, chancellor of the University…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Common Sense vs. Antisemitism

    F. Scott Fitzgerald once quipped that the “test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” The protests over the war between Israel and Hamas that have roiled university campuses across the nation are testing our collective intelligence…
    Ryan Bangert
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    ‘Our Babies Sometimes Say Harmful Things’: Superintendents Deny Antisemitism Is ‘Pervasive’ Problem in Their Schools

    In an explosive House subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Republicans pressed the leaders of three major public school districts about their responses to antisemitic incidents.  Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., presented Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of Berkeley Unified School District in California, with a report on antisemitic incidents in her school district. “You gave us a statement in…
    Tony Kinnett
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    How to Stop the Campus Antisemitism Cascade

    Over the past two weeks, American college and university campuses have witnessed an explosion of antisemitic rhetoric and conduct that once had been thought to be unthinkable today. A portion of the Columbia University lawn has become a tent city to protest—or more specifically, to protest the right of Israel, and Jews, to exist. As…
    Paul J. Larkin
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    I Went to the UPenn Campus to Address the Antisemitism Epidemic at US Colleges

    Victoria Coates, vice president of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, spoke at the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday about the ongoing antisemitism directed at Jews occurring on college campuses today. She said that Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, did not start but instead…
    Victoria Coates
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    Rep. Stefanik Grills Columbia University President at Second House Antisemitism Hearing

    Columbia University and other higher institutions have entirely falled to hold antisemites accountable according to Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. and other Republican lawmakers. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce held its second hearing on antisemitism on Wednesday. The committee brought in Columbia University President Minouche Shafik and two board of trustee members to…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    How ADL’s Partisanship Harms the Fight Against Antisemitism

    For over a century, the Anti-Defamation League has enjoyed a reputation as the preeminent Jewish organization combating antisemitism and all forms of hate. Its acronym, ADL, has “household name” status—and not just in Jewish homes. This makes its current penchant for partisanship extraordinarily dangerous for, and beyond, the Jewish community. Last December, Senate Republicans learned…
    Yaakov Menken
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    ‘Grave Concerns’: House Education Committee Demands Documents Related to Elite University’s Handling of Antisemitism

    The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is demanding documents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology related to the school’s handling of antisemitism on campus, according to a Friday letter. The House committee is requesting all reports of antisemitic and discriminatory acts at the university since Jan. 1, 2021; documents outlining the school’s processes…
    Brandon Poulter
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