Aug 30, 2024 · In a new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force, a student described the situation on campus following the October 7 attacks in Israel.

The Columbia Task Force on Antisemitism was created by Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, Barnard College President Laura Ann Rosenbury, and Teachers College President Thomas R. Bailey to address the harmful impact of rising antisemitism on Columbia’s Jewish community and to ensure that protection, respect, and belonging extends ...

In a hearing before Congress in April 2024, Columbia University president Minouche Shafik condemned antisemitism and said that "from the river to the sea" is antisemitic. Professors in the university were under investigation according to the president for antisemitic remarks.

While mourning Hamas’s unspeakable atrocities on October 7, some Jewish and Israeli Columbia affiliates have been the object of racist epithets and graffiti, antisemitic tropes, and confrontational and unwelcome questions, while others have found their participation in some student groups that have nothing to do with politics to be increasingly ...

Aug 30, 2024 · A Columbia University task force set up to combat antisemitism on campus released its latest report on Friday, detailing numerous instances of harassment and even physical violence directed at...

Aug 30, 2024 · Columbia’s Task Force on Antisemitism was founded in late 2023 to address the harmful impact of rising antisemitism on Jewish members of the Columbia community and to ensure that an ethic of protection, respect, and belonging extends to everyone at the University.

The task force is focused on understanding how antisemitism manifests on campus and ways to improve the climate for Jewish students, faculty, and staff. Antisemitism most directly threatens the Jewish community. But it is also an affront to the core values of our community.

Apr 17, 2024 · Columbia University’s president strongly denounced antisemitism during a congressional hearing Wednesday, saying that after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, “the world changed, and so did my focus.”

Dec 13, 2023 · Columbia University has announced the full membership of its Task Force on Antisemitism, with faculty across schools, disciplines, and backgrounds joining co-chairs Ester R. Fuchs, Nicholas Lemann, and David M. Schizer.

Nov 1, 2023 · The Task Force on Antisemitism represents the first in a series of steps we will be announcing in the coming days to reinvigorate community-building, develop robust support networks, and tackle head-on the destructive forces that seek to undermine our values and divide us across a range of issues.