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Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, criticizes university over antisemitism and protests

JL;DR SUMMARY Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani, father of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, has criticized Columbia University's leadership and its approach to handling antisemitism allegations. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Bds MovementU.S. Israel RelationshipIsrael Palestine ConflictDiscriminationColumbia UniversityLeadership ChallengesZohran MamdaniMahmood MamdaniPro Palestinian Views

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New York City, New York, United States
"Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani greets his son New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at his election night victory party on Nov. 4."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Mamdani swept progressive Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Manhattan on his way to a citywide win."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Mamdani swept progressive Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Manhattan on his way to a citywide win."
Uganda
"This week, Mamdani released his 12th book, Slow Poison, a political history of Uganda under the dictators Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni."
Israel
"Mamdani, who has been critical of Israel and teaches about the Middle East, South Asia and Africa, said the schools leadership is in a vindictive mood since it entered a settlement with the Trump administration and created a task force to address complaints of harassment and allegations of antisemitism by Jews on campus."
South Africa
"U.S. policy toward Israel differs fundamentally from its past approach to apartheid South Africa because Israel is an internal issue in American politics."

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