The Shame of the Ivy League Week in Education

MIKE LACHANCE OCT 21, 2023 8:00 AM

It has been shocking to watch the reaction to the Hamas attacks on Israel at our most esteemed institutions of higher education.

• VIDEO: Cornell U. Prof Calls Hamas Terror Attack on Israel ‘Exhilarating’ and ‘Exciting’
• Jewish College Students Describe ‘Hostile Environment’ Created on Campus by Pro-Hamas Students and Faculty
• Harvard Students Associated With Pro-Hamas Letter Now Claim They Need Money for Their Mental Health

It’s not just the Ivy League.

• U. Kansas Graduate Teaching Assistants Union Issues Statement Siding With Hamas
• Report: Jewish Student’s Door Set on Fire at Drexel University
• VIDEO: NYU Students Tear Down Posters of Israelis Kidnapped by Hamas

This is simply not acceptable.

• Stanford University Instructor Suspended for Allegedly Separating Out Jewish Students and Calling Them ‘Colonizers’

People are disgusted and pulling support.

• Huntsman Family Halting Donations to Penn in Response to Anti-Semitism
• Wexner Foundation Cuts Ties With Harvard Over Response to Hamas Attacks on Israel
• Another Major Donor to Penn Pulls Support Over School’s Response to Hamas Attack on Israel

Students are losing job offers.

• Law Firm Rescinds Job Offers to Three Law Students at Harvard and Columbia Over Pro-Hamas Controversy
• NYU Law Students Say Their Classmate Losing Job Offer Over Support for Hamas is ‘Violence’
• UC-Berkeley Law Prof: Don’t Hire My Anti-Semitic Law Students

Professor Jacobson has been very vocal about this.

• My Call To Action For The Cornell Board of Trustees
• Liberal Jews Thought Progressives Were An Ally, They Thought Wrong
• America has a ‘terrorism supporting problem’ on college campuses

People are drawing a line in the sand.

• Israeli Billionaire Quits Harvard’s Board Over School’s Response to Students’ Anti-Israel Letter
• Professor Glenn Reynolds: Pro-Hamas Protests Show Higher Ed Has Finally Crossed the Line

And yet the bad takes keep coming.

• Middlebury College Won’t Condemn Hamas but Condemned Russia for Invading Ukraine
• Harvard President Won’t Punish Students Over Anti-Israel Letter
• ‘BLM at School’ Releases Statement Blaming Israel for Hamas Attacks

She is absolutely right.

• VIDEO: Laura Ingraham Slams College Campus Rallies in Support of Hamas

Too late.

• Over 100 Harvard Profs Denounce Anti-Israel Letter Amid Backlash

You don’t say.

• Ivy League Schools Among Top Recipients of Funding From Arab Countries

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