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Columbia University deans and president failed miserably, “showing contempt for the Jewish community”

JNS Minouche Shafik resigns as Columbia president citing ‘period of turmoil,’ ‘toll on my family’ August 14, 2024 Citing a “period of turmoil where it has been difficult to overcome divergent views across our community” that has taken a “considerable … Continue reading

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Three elite university presidents decline to say that calling for the genocide of Jews violates their codes of conduct

THE BULWARK Any Other Group Gregg Hurwitz December 6, 2023 AT A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON TUESDAY, the presidents of three formerly great institutions—Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT—demurred on the question of whether calling for the genocide of Jews … Continue reading

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MIT celebrates Israel’s 70th…”Of the six academic speakers who were invited to participate, not one depicted the creation of Israel as anything other than a moral calamity”

COMMENTARY Haidt’s Theory Vindicated at MIT by Jonah Cohen April 27, 2018 …Last Monday, several social scientists from prestigious universities gathered in a state-of-the-art theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts for MIT’s conference on Israel’s 70th anniversary. While enjoying trays of free cookies and … Continue reading

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At Israel’s MIT, Arab Women (and Men) Are Suddenly Thriving

BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK by Peter Coy December 5, 2014 Here’s a little-told success story: Israeli Arabs, women in particular, have made huge strides over the past decade at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, better known as Israel’s answer to MIT. Among … Continue reading

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