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Daily Briefing: THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR HAS BEGUN: WHAT CAN STUDENTS EXPECT?

New Yorkers protest G4S office to support Palestinian prisoners… | Flickr
New Yorkers protest G4S office to support Palestinian prisoners… | Flickr

SHAI DAVIDAI SPEAKS OUT!

Upstate NY Imam Encourages Columbia Students to ‘Take Out’ Pro-Israel Professor:  Doree Lewak, Algemeiner, Aug. 31, 2024 — An upstate imam urged student activists to “take out” an outspoken, pro-Israel Columbia University professor who’s returning to the embattled Ivy this fall after a year of antisemitic hate.

WATCH:  How Columbia University Treats Its Jewish Professors Vs. Its Para-Terrorist Student Organizations:  Shai Davidai, YouTube, Aug. 31, 2024 I want to update you on what’s been happening with me and the direct threat that I received by an Imam.  So just to recap, last week Colombia student organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine; the same organization that has been openly supporting Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad; who have been calling suicide bombers their Martyrs, who have been calling for bombs to be shot at Tel Aviv,  who have been telling Hamas to directly target Jewish students on campus.  

‘Columbia Doesn’t Give a Damn About Its Jewish Students’:  Amelie Botbol, JNS, Sept. 6, 2024 — “They will not stop if we don’t stop them,” professor Shai Davidai told JNS on Wednesday amid renewed pro-Hamas demonstrations at Columbia University as the fall semester gets underway. 


When Students Become Terrorists:  Eli Lake, The Free Press, Sept. 7, 2024

U.S. Campuses: The ‘Taboo’ Ignored Pandemic of Muslim Jew-Hate

Get Ready for Another Semester of the Tentifada:  Asaf Romirowsky, The Hill, Aug. 30, 2024

UCLA Failed Jewish Students Like Me:  Yitzy Frankel, Real Clear Education, Sept. 6, 2024 


FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:

Trump Says US Colleges Could Lose Accreditation Over ‘Antisemitic Propaganda’ if He’s Elected:  Reuters and Algemeiner staff, Algemeiner, Sept. 6, 2024 — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Jewish donors on Thursday that US universities would lose accreditation and federal support over what he described as “antisemitic propaganda” if he is elected to the White House.

Columbia Protester Who Demanded ‘Humanitarian Aid’ For Anti-Israel Occupiers Now Teaching Classes:  Emily Crane, NY Post, Sept. 6, 2024 — A Columbia University protester who infamously demanded “humanitarian aid” and “a glass of water” for violent anti-Israel occupiers earlier this year is now teaching a class at the Ivy League school that undergrads are required to take.

‘Columbia Doesn’t Give a Damn About Its Jewish Students’:  Amelie Botbol, JNS, Sept. 6, 2024 — “They will not stop if we don’t stop them,” professor Shai Davidai told JNS on Wednesday amid renewed pro-Hamas demonstrations at Columbia University as the fall semester gets underway.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Says Pro-Hamas Groups’ Threats Are Protected by First Amendment:  Dion J. Pierre, Algemeiner, Sept. 6, 2024 — The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM) on Thursday repealed suspensions levied against five pro-Hamas student groups after determining that a series of threats they issued to Zionist Jews over the summer were not “true” threats warranting forfeiture of First Amendment protections.

Fight DEI in Higher Ed with Grades:  Stanley Goldfarb, National Review, Sept 6, 2024Reports of DEI’s decline are greatly exaggerated.

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