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| American university red/green Jew hate nexus: Week of 5/25- | |||||
 Shabbos Kestenbaum @ShabbosK In the official Harvard 2025 Yearbook, the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust is simply labeled: “October 2023: War Breaks Out in Gaza.” As Harvard Chabad notes, this would be the equivalent of describing 9/11 as "War breaks out in Afghanistan." I urge all employers: if you are going to hire Harvard graduates from 2024-2028, please ask them what they were doing on campus the last two years. Go through their social media. If they celebrated the abduction of 12 American citizens and the murder of more than 45, perhaps look elsewhere for employees. If these are America's future leaders, then no wonder America has such a dearth of leadership. — Joab Yarkoni (@balaganazo) May 26, 2025 …dismissed the case in April, ordering community service and anger management. Bharmal later received a $65,000 Harvard Law Review fellowship at CAIR, and Tettey-Tamaklo was named a class marshal. - Jerusalem Post Harvard’s 311-page report on Jew-hate at the school, dated 29 April 2025, should anyone be interested. A selection from The College Fix: MIT graduation speaker calls for pro-Palestinian activism to stop ‘genocidal Israeli military’Some people walked out and others booed Thursday when a Massachusetts Institute of Technology commencement speaker accused Israel of trying “to wipe Palestine off of the earth.” Megha Vemuri, (pictured) the graduating class president, used her speech to urge alumni to advocate for the pro-Palestinian cause and demand the university cut ties with the “genocidal Israeli military.” Her remarks prompted backlash both during the ceremony – with some shouting “shame,” booing, or walking out – as well as afterward online, Fox News reports. Vermuri praised MIT’s undergraduate body and graduate student union for voting to cut ties with the “genocidal Israeli military” last spring, according to a video of her speech posted on X.
Jewish students walk out after MIT commencement speaker accuses university of aiding Israel’s ‘genocide’. Princeton Fails To Enforce Its Rules on Free Speech, Antisemitism. And this one for CA K-12: Ethnic studies compromise opens door to broader antisemitism legislation in California[IsraelTimes] A potential breakthrough arrived in May in California’s years-long debate over ethnic studies, in which Jewish groups fought to ensure that a curriculum mandate would not lead to teachers presenting Jews unfairly or singling out Israel. For the first time, influential lawmakers from several racial and ethnic caucuses offered to help the effort — as long as ethnic studies did not draw exclusive scrutiny. The result is a collaboration between the state legislature’s Jewish Caucus and the chairs of the Black, Latino, and Asian American and Pacific Islander caucuses on a bill to address concerns about antisemitism throughout the state’s education system. “There was a level of ownership around ethnic studies by folks that are in those ethnic communities, and nervousness that in our desire to prevent antisemitism in that discipline, it looked like it was an attack on ethnic studies, when it wasn’t,” Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur, a member of the Jewish Caucus who is one of the bill’s two primary authors, said in an interview. “They said, ‘Why don’t we actually focus on antisemitism in all the ways in which it’s appearing in our schools and do a bill that’s more broadly focused on antisemitism,’” Zbur said. “There’s a genuine desire to stand with the Jewish Caucus to remedy what’s happening.” The compromise comes amid a broad spike in antisemitism globally, widespread concern about antisemitism in K-12 schools, and as some politically progressive educators appear to be promoting criticism of Israel in their classrooms. It also turned out to be particularly timely. In California, the ethnic studies mandate that was approved in 2021, requiring that all high school students take an ethnic studies course to graduate, was about to take effect this fall. But then, two days after the unveiling of the new bill, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he would not fund the mandate in next year’s budget, effectively blocking it for now. Newsom, who has expressed support for ethnic studies as a field of study and signed the 2021 law creating the mandate, has not explained his decision to withhold funding, but a spokesperson pointed out the state’s deteriorating financial situation. A $12 billion budget shortfall is expected. President Trump would ensure the state loses funding on response. Also, the honourable governor of the great state etc. wants to run for president, so he has to tack to the center until he loses to the Republican in 2028. The money is needed by local school districts for classroom materials as well as teacher staffing and training. Individual school districts have already begun teaching ethnic studies without a state mandate in effect, and they can continue to do so. Jewish groups are scrutinizing schools with ethnic studies offerings and have in some cases sued and filed complaints over alleged discrimination.Lawfare being a tool that can be used for good as well as evil. The provisions of the new bill are still being written, but a general outline was approved by the state Assembly’s education committee last week and by the appropriation committee Friday. The bill now heads to the Assembly floor for a second reading and a possible final vote by June 6. It would then go to the state Senate for consideration.Harvard Divinity School taps professor critical of Zionism for new Jewish studies role Critics of university’s handling of campus antisemitism decry appointment of ‘counter-Zionist’ Shaul Magid, who pushes back by saying he believes he can play a ‘balancing role’ Arizona governor vetoes bill banning antisemitic teaching, calls it an attack on educators [IsraelTimes] Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes a proposal that would have banned teaching antisemitism at the state’s public K-12 schools, universities and colleges and would have exposed educators who violate the new rules to discipline and lawsuits. The proposal would have prohibited teachers and administrators from teaching or promoting antisemitism or antisemitic actions that create a hostile environment, calling for the genocide of any group, or requiring students to advocate for an antisemitic point of view. It also would have barred public schools from using public money to support the teaching of antisemitism. Educators would have personally been responsible for covering the costs of damages in lawsuits for violating the rules. Hobbs, a Democrat, says the bill is not about antisemitism but rather about attacking teachers. |
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