Tag: CUNY
Large Swastika Found in New York’s Baruch College Bathroom
"Last week he entered the lobby of his school and there was a Palestinian flag hanging from the balcony above. The security had to wait for NYPD to come in to protect them and only then removed it."
At Jewish Heritage Month Event, Mayor Rails Against Antisemitic CUNY Speech
“I would have stood up and denounced them immediately!” declared the mayor of New York City if he’d been on the commencement stage when the remarks were delivered.
CUNY Investigation Retaliatory, Jewish Professors Say
The professors at Kingsborough Community College said that the university is punishing them for complaining about campus antisemitism.
CUNY Offers Hard-Left Definition of Jew-Hatred as Guidance to Those Reporting Antisemitism
The public university’s new online reporting tool for antisemitism also adopts an ‘all lives matter’ approach, critics say.
New York State Launches Tuition-Free College for Families Earning Up to $125K
Applications are accepted through February 9, 2023.
Brooklyn College Schedules Mandatory Bias Training on Yom Kippur
A spokesperson for the college said an additional training session was offered on Monday.
New Pro-BDS CUNY Group Vows to Teach Jews to ‘Unlearn Zionism’
NIONCUNY vows to “create networks and programs within the CUNY Jewish population to question, critique and unlearn Zionism. . ."
CUNY Jewish Professor Resigns from Union, Concerned About Anti-Semitism Within Ranks
Jeffrey Lax says a recent resolution seeks to put an end to American financial support to Israel, which is tantamount to divestment.
CUNY Cover-Up? The Jewish Press Investigates Anti-Semitism In The Ranks
Reports have emerged of intimidation and discrimination directed not only at Jewish students, but also at Jewish professors.
NY City Council Jewish Caucus Battles Anti-Semitism on Campus
The NY City Council's Jewish Caucus is demanding that CUNY report anti-Semitic attacks on campus to police.
Radical Community Groups Condemn NYC Pols’ Trip to Israel
Radical groups protested a JCRC.UJA-sponsored trip of NYC politicians to Israel.
CUNY BDS Vote Shelved After Heated Debate – #BDSFail
Despite the vote's difficult timing for observant Jews, a number of pro-Israel groups also turned out to support CUNY students and faculty who opposed the resolution.
Anti-Israel Group at CUNY Plots Secret Sabbath BDS Campaign
Anti-Israel activists at City University of New York have scheduled a vote on a divestment resolution for Friday night, when observant Jews can't attend.
CUNY Claim of No Constitutional Violations at BC BDS Event Flawed
The standard for judging whether constitutional rights can be abrogated is not, as the Investigators claimed in their Report, based on sincerity, but on whether or not, at the very least, there is a reasonable belief that the Four were about to disrupt the BC BDS event. The Investigators stated clearly that there was no such reasonable belief at the time the Four were ejected from the event. Therefore, based on the evidence provided in the CUNY Report, it would appear that the constitutional rights of the four Jewish pro-Israel students were violated.
CUNY: No Jewish Faculty Designation
The City University of New York denied a report that it had created a special minority designation for Jewish faculty (see "Is CUNY Planning...
The Tony Award
I never really cared for Tony Kushner.
To bestow an honorary award to a notorious Israel critic, especially by academia, is nothing new. Honorary awards and Nobel Peace Prizes seem to be increasingly synonymous with, at best, meaningless efforts, and, at worst, anti-Semitism as a prerequisite for the recipient.
Kushner No Mere ‘Critic’ Of Israel
From the reaction of many on the liberal/left to the controversy over CUNY's granting an honorary degree to playwright Tony Kushner, one sees yet again just how unremarkable and acceptible the most virulent views of Israel have become, even - perhaps especially - among Jews.
Is Islam Itself The Problem?
Supporters of the planned mosque and Islamic center near Manhattan's Ground Zero have focused on the issue of religious freedom. But as thousands of mosques have already been built throughout America, this is false - a straw man if ever there was one.