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“The shocking examples given in the report are a harsh reminder of how deep and pervasive antisemitism is at Columbia University”

NEW YORK POST Final Columbia University antisemitism report details disturbing examples of Jewish students being cruelly singled out Chris Nesi and Carl Campanile December 11, 2025 A Columbia University public health instructor ranted to 400 incoming students about how the … Continue reading

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Inside the civil war between the Ivy League and the South

THE ATLANTIC The Elite-University Presidents Who Despise One Another Rose Horowitch August 11, 2025 The leaders of America’s elite universities are required, by the borderline-masochistic, semi-impossible nature of their job, to be skilled in the art of performative comity. So … Continue reading

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Columbia University agrees to many concessions including the banning of masks at campus protests and punishment of students who participated in the storming of Hamilton Hall

NEW YORK POST Columbia University to pay out more than $220M after violating Jewish students’ civil rights in massive win for Trump admin Josh Christenson and Chris Nesi July 24, 2025 The Trump administration has won unprecedented concessions from Columbia University … Continue reading

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In another message Columbia President Shipman said she was “so, so tired” of Trustee Shendelman, a Jewish biotech executive

NEW YORK POST Leaked email sees Columbia University president grovel over suggested nixing of Jewish board member: ‘Moment of immense pressure’ Ricki Schlott July 2, 2025 Columbia University’s president issued a groveling apology, saying she regrets a text suggesting removal … Continue reading

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At Barnard: “By not agreeing with students on Palestine, I was branded a hater of people of color, a supporter of “apartheid” and “segregation” – basically, evil”

TIMES OF ISRAEL How Campus Hamas Supporters Led Me To Judaism Toni Airaksinen June 4, 2025 When I began studying at Barnard College of Columbia University in 2015, I was on a full-ride scholarship. Coming from a foster-care type upbringing, … Continue reading

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“Free speech doesn’t mean freedom to intimidate. I’ve seen what real oppression looks like. These students aren’t freedom fighters. They’re bullies in keffiyehs”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Harvard settles with Jewish student who sued school for ignoring campus antisemitism May 16, 2025 Harvard University has settled a high-profile lawsuit by an Orthodox Jewish student who accused the Ivy League school of ignoring antisemitism on … Continue reading

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“It is appropriate for the government to expel non-Americans who are pro-Hamas, antisemitic agitators”

NATIONAL REVIEW Immigration Court Gets It Right on Mahmoud Khalil Deportation Call Andrew McCarthy April 12, 2025 An immigration judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration may deport Mahmoud Khalil, the legal alien who became a fixture in the … Continue reading

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Civil-rights laws have always been a weapon—it’s just that conservatives have finally decided to wield them.

CITY JOURNAL The Right Is Winning the Battle over Higher Education Christopher F. Rufo April 15, 2025 …Many Ivy League presidents see themselves as heirs to the civil-rights movement. In fact, they are among the most active practitioners of racial … Continue reading

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“The Trump administration should leverage its successful approach to the troubled Ivy League university to fight anti-Semitism and racialism elsewhere”

CITY JOURNAL Exporting the Columbia Prototype Christopher Rufo March 25, 2025 Last week, the Trump administration won a high-stakes showdown with Columbia University. Following the October 7 terrorist attack against Israel, Columbia has been ground zero for pro-Hamas agitation on … Continue reading

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As it unfurls, the saga of Mahmoud Khalil—the Columbia agitator picked up by immigration enforcement last week—looks less like a complicated immigration-law dispute and more like something out of a John le Carré novel.

CITY JOURNAL Who Are the Shadowy Figures Defending Mahmoud Khalil? Liel Leibovitz, Asaf Romirowsky March 19, 2025 …Similarly, it is troubling that those who argue, against all available evidence, that Mahmoud Khalil is a martyr on the altar of free … Continue reading

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