Columbia University President Nemat Shafik is set to testify before Congress about antisemitism on Wednesday.
on Wednesday in a sequel to the December testimony in which two Ivy League presidents sparked outrage in refusing to say that calls for genocide against
“Many of our leading academic institutions have been warped by ignorance and backwards ideologies,” Rep. Kevin Kiley , who serves on the committee holding the hearing, told the. “They have led a 21st-century American resurgence of one of history’s most vile and retrograde prejudices.” The widespread climate of antisemitism on college campuses around the country has prompted Jewish organizations to launch counterefforts. On Tuesday, the Academic Engagement Network announced the
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