Tuesday, 22 April, 2025
24 Nisan 5785
The Education Department insists the college has not done enough to address antisemitism on its campus, but the university has accused the government of trying to “take control” of the institution
By Jacob Jaffa
Sewell Chan claimed he was dismissed after raising a ‘significant ethical problem’ with a pro-Gaza reporter
By JC Reporter
Mohsen Mahdawi helped to organise demonstrations at Columbia University last year, which the Trump administration claim gave rise to multiple violent and antisemitic incidents
The decision sets an important precedent that legal residency can be revoked without any criminal conviction
The letter included a ‘toolkit’ instructing how to boycott pro-Israel organisations and accused the Jewish state of committing genocide
By Vita Fellig
The incident follows the suspension of federal funding to the university in connection with allegations of antisemitism at similar demonstrations last year
By Izzy Salant
Abutorab Islam suggested a nine-year-old girl was ‘mature’ enough to consummate a marriage and said Brits have ‘no right’ to talk about age of consent
By Jane Prinsley
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The move comes after other institutions received similar suspensions in connection with an Education Department investigation into campus antisemitism
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The Trump administration is reviewing around $9 billion in grants to the university in connection with an investigation into alleged Jew-hatred on campus
The move follows the suspension of funds to other high-profile institutions follow pro-Palestine campus protests last year
Staff have accused university authorities of inaction and alleged that the institution is ‘beleaguered’ by antisemitism
A new claim from victims’ relatives alleges that Students for Justice in Palestine ‘aided and abetted’ the terror group
The charge comes after the Trump Administration announced it would be cutting up to $400 million in funding over the Ivy League school’s failure to tackle antisemitism
By Daniel Ben-David
An independent KC was appointed to find out whether the university had breached its duties under the Equalities Act
By Imogen Garfinkel
‘This ruling is an important first step in righting the wrongs of the past year and a half’ stated Brian Cohen, executive director of Columbia Hillel.
The White House has said they are trying to track down other students involved in the protests
By Andrew Bernard
