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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


US claims Mohsen Mahdawi’s activism could ‘potentially undermine’ prospect of peace in Gaza

The Mahdawi memo, according to the New York Times report, describes another foreign policy goal that Rubio said the protester was undercutting: ending the war in Gaza.

 Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Columbia will not surrender independence in face of federal demands, acting president says

"We would reject any agreement that would require us to relinquish our independence and autonomy as an educational institution," acting president Claire Shipman said on Monday.

Students walk outside the Library of Columbia University in New York.

Columbia protest leader arrested by DHS at citizenship interview

A US District Court judge ruled Monday that Mahdawi not be removed from the United States or Vermont while the court proceeds with his petition against the arrest.

 Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Trump moves to place Columbia under federal oversight over antisemitism allegations

This comes after the university pledged to address Trump's concerns over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests, which led to the administration cutting $400 million in grants.

Columbia student demonstrators chain themselves to the gates of St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University to denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, US, April 2, 2025.

US immigration judge allows deportation case against Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil to proceed

This comes after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Khalil's “otherwise lawful” views conflict with the Trump administration's policy on antisemitism.

Demonstrators attend a protest in support of Mahmoud Khalil outside the court in Newark, New Jersey on March 28, 2025

Government given one day to produce evidence for deporting Columbia University protester Khalil

"If he's not removable, I'm going to be terminating this case on Friday," Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jamee Comans said.

 A PROTEST takes place following the arrest by US immigration agents of Mahmoud Khalil, at Columbia University, in New York City.

Fake rabbi appointed head of Colombia Religious Affairs bought title online

Rabbi Dr. Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar regularly takes to social media to denounce Zionist Jews as "Nazis" and "false Jews."

 Certificate of ordination of "Rabbi" Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar

Four Columbia students lose visas, join over 50 across US in crackdown

Columbia said that it had learned that four current international students had their visas revoked during a review of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) database.

 People take part in a protest outside Columbia University following the school's concessions ot the Trump administration over pro-Palestinian protests, March 24, 2025 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

Mahmoud Khalil: Columbia U. 'reminiscent' of Assad regime, 'manufactured' antisemitism 'hysteria'

Khalil, who is currently being held at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, instructed students at Columbia to “not abdicate their responsibility to resist repression.”

 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.

Anti-Israel activists chain themselves to Columbia gate demanding to know who reported Khalil

The chains and bindings were removed by security personnel, and the students were removed from the campus area.

Columbia student demonstrators chain themselves to the gates of St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University to denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, US, April 2, 2025.