Columbia University
Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)
October 8, 2024, 7:39 pm
Columbia pro-Palestinian group endorses violence and walks back apology for student who said ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’
Student activists say “violence is the only path forward” and back “armed resistance.”
By Luke Tress
Protesters and police outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)
September 10, 2024, 8:54 am
40-year-old indicted for burning Israeli flag at April Columbia University protest
“This defendant’s alleged activity went beyond legal and peaceful protest."
By Luke Tress
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a protest outside Columbia University, in Manhattan, April 18, 2024. (Luke Tress)
August 29, 2024, 10:20 am
2 pro-Palestinian student groups at NYU, Columbia say Instagram removed their accounts
Pro-Palestinian groups regularly share and amplify each other’s messaging, and collaborate with each other and non-student activist groups on events.
By Luke Tress
Columbia University officials, including President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, Dean Emeritus David Schizer and Board of Trustees Co-Chair Claire Shipman, testify before the House Committee on Education & the Workforce at Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, April 17, 2024. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
August 15, 2024, 2:35 pm
Columbia president resigns, citing controversy over pro-Palestinian campus protests
Minouche Shafik’s resignation, tendered Wednesday, comes after just a yearlong tenure at the Ivy League school.
By JTA Staff
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a protest outside Columbia University, in Manhattan, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Luke Tress)
August 13, 2024, 5:29 pm
Columbia restricts access to campus following ‘reports of potential disruptions’
Columbia also is considering giving school security officers the power to arrest protesters
By Luke Tress
2024 Columbia University protest (SWinxy, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
July 10, 2024, 11:14 am
Why weren’t Columbia protesters brought to justice?
If our leaders give people a reason to mistrust our institutions, they will do just that.
By Andrew Cuomo
A view of protesters demonstrating outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 22, 2024. (Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. photo)
July 8, 2024, 4:34 pm
Columbia removes three deans who mocked campus Jew-hatred event
“Students deserve better, and Columbia is far from off the hook,” Rep. Virginia Foxx told JNS.
By Andrew Bernard
Pro-Palestinian activists outside Columbia University, Feb. 2, 2024. (Luke Tress)
July 3, 2024, 10:38 am
Columbia administrator texts show deans discussing Jewish student ‘privilege’ and ‘$$$$’
Text also bashes Hillel leader as a "problem"
By Luke Tress
Robert Kraft speaking at the United Hatzalah New York Gala, June 6, 2023. (Courtesy of Eli Weintraub)
June 26, 2024, 8:34 pm
After spurning Columbia, Robert Kraft gives $1M to Yeshiva U to support transfer students
YU has said it is expecting an influx of students who have left their secular universities amid the pro-Palestinian protests
By Jacob Gurvis
A view of protesters demonstrating outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City on April 25, 2024. (Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. Photo)
May 17, 2024, 12:04 pm
Columbia deletes Instagram story celebrating dual degree with Tel Aviv U
A spokesperson for the Ivy League school previously said "the University welcomes and embraces the Israeli students."
By Adi Nirman
2024 Columbia University protest (SWinxy, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
May 3, 2024, 7:49 am
More than 25% of arrested Columbia protesters were not connected to the university, police say
Facing charges including burglary, criminal mischief, resisting arrest, trespassing and disorderly conduct
By Luke Tress
The Yale University pro-Palestinian encampment on Friday night. (Screenshot via JTA)
April 24, 2024, 10:32 pm
Pro-Palestinian encampments spring up at colleges nationwide
The spread of the demonstrations is being promoted and celebrated by pro-Palestinian activists, including the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace.
By Andrew Lapin
View of Columbia University (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
March 6, 2024, 2:05 pm
Columbia U antisemitism task force says Jews experiencing ‘isolation and pain’ on campus
“Some Jewish and Israeli Columbia affiliates have been the object of racist epithets and graffiti, antisemitic tropes, and confrontational and unwelcome questions."
By Luke Tress
View of Columbia University (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
November 11, 2023, 8:14 pm
Columbia University suspends Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine
The decision was made after the two groups "violated University policies related to holding campus events," and spewed "threatening rhetoric and intimidation."
By Ben Sales
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