Columbia University

Harriet Jackson finds belonging in Israel after fighting campus antisemitism

Historian Harriet Jackson makes aliyah after years of confronting antisemitism at Columbia and researching Jewish resistance during the Holocaust.

With Israel activist and former Columbia University professor Shai Davidai, this past Feb.
Columbia University campus, first day of 2025 fall semester, in New York City. Prof. Shai Davidai exposes Ivy League radical politics, ideological indoctrination, institutional indifference, leadership failures, and the moral unraveling of American academia.

'American Intellectual Antisemitism': Shai Davidai exposes universities’ deep-rooted antisemitism

Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, stands with others announcing a federal lawsuit to be filed against Columbia University for showing "deliberate indifference" to the harassment of pro-Palestinian students, New York City, US, September 14, 2026.

Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University for alleged failure to protect pro-Palestinian students

 Jennifer Mnookin attends UCLA Black Law: 50th Anniversary Solidarity Gala at The Beverly Hills Hotel on April 04, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.

No. 49: Prof. Jennifer Mnookin: Columbia’s first Jewish pres., arriving at its most turbulent hour


Columbia anti-Israel org. Instagram account disabled amid crackdown on university

CUAD said on X Monday that Meta's decision was part of a collusion between corporations and governments to censor pro-Palestinian activity.

People take part in a rally held by Jewish activists for freedom and democracy and against the detention by ICE agents of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, March 20, 2025.

Congressional committee demands five colleges explain anti-Israel protests

Letters were sent to Barnard College, Bowdoin College, Northwestern University, Pomona College, and Sarah Lawrence College.

 Students participate in a pro-Palestinian protest outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023 in New York City.

Will Columbia President Shipman's administration be successful? - opinion

The only way to know whether or not this administration will be effective is by observing their actions or lack thereof.

 A timed exposure shot of Columbia University's main academic library (and the largest building on campus), Butler Library, at dusk.

Trump administration to review nearly $9 billion in Harvard funding over campus antisemitism

The review will include over $255 million in contracts between Washington and Harvard, as well as over $8.7 billion in "multi-year grant commitments."

 Dozens of Harvard Medical School faculty and students protested outside of the school on March 15, 2024. They were protesting an event featuring the president of the American Medical Association, over the powerful physicians' group's repeated refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

US Senate committee investigating AMP for alleged Hamas connections

US Senate investigates American Muslims for Palestine over alleged Hamas ties and campus links, raising concerns about student safety and extremist influence.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS hold a rally at Columbia University in New York City on the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack, last month.

Columbia interim head steps down amid anti-Israel protest and rules rows

Board of Trustees co-chair Claire Shipman will become the Columbia acting president "effective immediately" until the board completed its search for permanent president.

 A timed exposure shot of Columbia University's main academic library (and the largest building on campus), Butler Library, at dusk.

How US college campuses became playgrounds for radical Islam - opinion

It is time for Americans to unite in defense of our country, reaffirm our commitment to its founding ideals, and resist the forces seeking to divide and destroy us.

 Anti-Israel demonstration at Harvard University. Time for the local Jewish community and Jewish Harvard alumni to show our strength

Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong steps aside

The departure comes after the Trump admin. canceled $400 million in federal funding for Columbia.

 People walk through Columbia University in New York City, U.S., September 4, 2024.

Columbia University protester Khalil remains jailed while judge weighs case transfer

The Trump admin said it has revoked the visas of hundreds of foreign students it says took part in the pro-Palestinian protests that swept college campuses.

 Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.

'I understand your pain': Herzog hosts Jewish leaders on Antisemitism Awareness Week

President Herzog said: “Jewish unity is not just an idea—it is a living, breathing force. We feel it most deeply when we stand together and demand the immediate release of our hostages.

President Isaac Herzog, on the occasion of Antisemitism Awareness Week, hosted friends of Israel from across the world and held a panel with Jewish community heads about the realities of modern-day Jew-hatred.