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Columbia rabbi tells Jewish students to leave campus, warns that school, NYPD 'cannot guarantee your safety'
The Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University and Barnard College sent a message recommending Jewish students leave campus and go home as anti-Israel agitators have continued an “encampment” on campus and participants were caught on camera espousing full-on support for terrorism and supporting violence toward Jewish students. In a WhatsApp message sent to hundreds before the start of Passover, Rabbi Elie …
Read More »Michigan grandmother helped her granddaughter beat up another student in elementary school bathroom: Officials
A Michigan grandmother allegedly helped her granddaughter beat up a fellow student at an elementary school, according to officials. Mt. Morris Township Police said the grandmother and her granddaughter were dropped off at McMonagle Elementary School on Thursday for a behavioral meeting, WNEM reported. The grandmother saw another girl her granddaughter was not getting along with, so she and her …
Read More »Catholic universities across the US offer students a religious higher education
The university that students choose to attend for a four-year degree is one of the most important choices they will make. It is a decision that will not only impact their education and career prospects, but also their character and identity. This is especially true for members of certain faiths who find themselves at odds with the default culture found …
Read More »PA girl chastises school board for not heeding warning about student with ‘hit list’ before gruesome attack
A Pennsylvania girl spoke at a school board meeting and described witnessing a 13-year-old student brutally assault a classmate with a Stanley cup in their school cafeteria last week, saying that she had warned the school of the student’s alleged “hit list” hours before the bloody attack. The student addressed the school board during a public comment section of the …
Read More »USC removes outside commencement speakers after cancelling valedictorian's speech
The University of Southern California (USC) announced Friday it would be scrapping all outside speakers during this year’s commencement ceremony, just days after the university canceled its Muslim student’s valedictorian speech following a series of social media posts she made about Israel. “Given the highly publicized circumstances surrounding our main-stage commencement program, university leadership has decided it is best to …
Read More »'Harassment' of Christian college by Biden administration blasted by state education official
FIRST ON FOX: Arizona’s education department is pushing back against the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) threat to shut down Grand Canyon University, calling it “the latest episode of harassment” against the school by the federal government. “It is unwarranted and unjust,” Arizona state Superintendent Tom Horne told Fox News Digital Friday. “In the U.S., anyone accused of wrongdoing is …
Read More »Rutgers students want school to sever ties with Tel Aviv University
Rutgers’ University students want their school, the State University of New Jersey, to sever ties with Tel Aviv University in the wake of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The Rutgers University Student Assembly New Brunswick (RUSA) posted on their Instagram account that students voted to call for the school to terminate a partnership with Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the results were …
Read More »USC should let its valedictorian speak or be honest about why it isn't
Reasonable people can disagree about whether Asna Tabassum, who has expressed the view that the state of Israel should be destroyed, ought to be the University of Southern California’s duly appointed commencement speaker. There are prominent conservative voices such as Mary Katharine Ham, David Harsanyi, and Guy Benson, firm supporters of the Jewish state of Israel all, who say let …
Read More »GOP lawmakers slam Biden administration's new Title IX protections for 'gender identity'
Republicans blasted new regulations for Title IX being ushered in by President Biden’s Department of Education that would protect gender identity from discrimination, while rolling back Trump-era rules that bolstered the rights of those accused of sexual misconduct. “The Biden administration has completely lost its way on Title IX,” Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said in a statement. Cassidy serves as …
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