Columbia Leads List of America’s Top 10 Colleges ‘With Worst Antisemitic Activity’
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Columbia University tops a list
of the 10 US campuses with the most antisemitic activity.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
New
York’s Columbia University is home to the worst
antisemitic activity in the United States, according to a
list compiled by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, a
conservative think-tank based in California.
The
Center unveiled its first list of the 10 US campuses with
the worst antisemitic activity in 2014 as part of a
new campaign entitled “Jew Hatred on Campus,” aimed at
bringing awareness to antisemitism at colleges and
universities throughout the nation. The group also says it
seeks to encourage university administrators to withdraw
privileges from the groups that spread hate on the
campuses.
According
to the Center, Columbia University is listed first because
it is home to the “most well-known antisemitic professors
in the nation such as Rashid Khalidi and Joseph Massad,
who has been accused of harassing Jewish students on
multiple occasions. In addition, it is home to a highly
active SJP chapter that has recently brought BDS founder
Omar Barghouti and disgraced antisemitic professor Steven
Salaita to campus.”
The
Center also cited a number of offending events held at
Columbia University in 2014, such as Israeli Apartheid
Week and a protest with signs that read “Call to Action:
Stand with Gaza.”
Cornell
University
came in second place followed by George Mason
University, Loyola University Chicago, Portland
State University, San Diego State University
and San Francisco State University. Rounding off
the list was Temple University, University of
California Los Angeles and Vassar College.
Jew
Hatred on Campus founder David Horowitz said the campaign
was created to “expose” antisemitic student groups who
support or are associated with terrorist organizations
that call for the destruction of Israel, such as Hamas and
Hezbollah.
“These
activities against Jewish and pro-Israel students would
not be tolerated by university administrators if they were
committed against students from any other ethnic group,”
he said. “But because Jews are the target, they have been
largely ignored. It is an obligation of university
administrators to recognize and condemn acts of
antisemitism by campus hate groups and to withdraw campus
privileges and university support from them.”
According
to the Center, universities included in the top 10 list
“played host to numerous incidents of anti-Jewish
acts” that took place on university property and were
often supported by university funds, despite the fact that
such behavior is forbidden under campus codes of conduct.
The advocacy group said it plans to contact each of the
institutions on the list to discuss its findings and to
help correct the situation. The group said it will update
its analysis and publish a report naming the worst
offenders every year.
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