Kenneth Marcus' name was stripped from a resolution confirming Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's nominees to George Mason University's Board of Visitors.
Harvard, which has seen its campus erupt in pro-Hamas demonstrations after the terror group launched its Oct. 7 attacks, has settled two separate lawsuits alleging antisemitic discrimination brought by The Louis Brandeis Center and the other filed by Students Against Antisemitism and Shabbos Kestenabaum.
Harvard University will provide additional protections for Jewish students under a settlement announced on Tuesday.
Returning from a brief ban, TikTok began deleting 'Free Palestine' comments. Users who switched to RedNote, however, found antisemitism
The lawsuits came after Harvard faced fierce criticism over its handling of anti-Israel protests that erupted on campus amid the Israel-Hamas war. Jewish students alleged they were bullied, spat on, intimidated, threatened and subjected to verbal and physical harassment.
Harvard’s settlement of two antisemitism lawsuits Tuesday sparked pointed reactions from student groups on campus, ranging from reserved hope to fury and fears of censorship.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said combating antisemitism is becoming increasingly important in the face of "shameless attempts to normalize far-right positions." Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday said it was "outrageous and shameful" that the Jewish community still faces discrimination.
The Artists on Antisemitism IV exhibit opens Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center in Commack.
The Israeli-Palestinian situation merits the freest possible discussion. Harvard made a mistake by adopting a definition of antisemitism that has a long track record of inhibiting that discussion.
Anthony Albanese can’t escape the impression of seeming perennially on the back foot and often lacking adequate empathy and sensitivity in dealing with the issue.
Growing up embedded into a strong Jewish community, just outside of London, I previously believed that antisemitism had largely been discredited due to increased awareness and enlightenment like other forms of abhorrent discrimination such as racism,