CUNY Denies Jewish Group’s Claim That Board of Trustees Chair Told Chancellor Not to Attend Antisemitism Hearing
Matos Rodriguez had come under fire last year after he didn’t appear at a June 2022 antisemitism hearing.
Matos Rodriguez had come under fire last year after he didn’t appear at a June 2022 antisemitism hearing.
It is the first antisemitism investigation launched by OCR into a university since last week’s launch of the Biden administration’s national strategy against antisemitism.
Two legal groups sent a joint letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to investigate and potentially revoke the City University of New York’s (CUNY) School of Law’s tax-exempt status over the law school’s faculty unanimously passing a resolution supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement last year.
Lipstadt called the plan “something that transcends politics.”
The speech, delivered by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) activist Fatima Mohammed, featured her applauding CUNY Law’s faculty and students for endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
The strategy consists of more than 100 actions and four pillars, according to a fact sheet on the White House’s website.
The Biden administration’s antisemitism strategy is expected to be released later this week.
Last week, residents of Toms River, New Jersey, which houses a growing Orthodox Jewish community one hour south of New York City, received a campaign mailer from Mayor Mo Hill that some are describing as antisemitic.
Dee had announced on May 21 that he was considering a $1.3 billion lawsuit against CNN over her description of the attack as a “shoot-out.”
Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two daughters were murdered in a terror attack, is considering a $1.3 billion lawsuit against CNN over their international anchor Christiane Amanpour describing the terror attack as a “shootout.”