As we bear witness to the alarming resurgence of antisemitism at Columbia University and beyond, it’s imperative that we refuse to remain passive observers.
“Wearing such items in public creates a risk of encouraging others to support Hamas," the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement.
This is a battle between those who support violence and an all-or-nothing approach to this conflict, and those who want to find a way for us to all win out by sharing this land.
I’ve always been proud that I got my law degree from Columbia. It makes me sick to see what is going on there.
Police have clashed with students critical of the war and the Biden administration's support for Israel's war in Gaza, with nearly 550 arrests made over the protests in the last week.
The letter also included assisting Jewish and Israeli students "who wish to join Israeli universities and find a welcoming academic and personal home.”
The contrast between the bon vivant Hersh that the country has come to know in the last 200 days through photos and the thin, scared, and dour Hersh in Wednesday’s video was startling.