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Cornell’s new Jewish president says he is ‘very comfortable with where Cornell is currently’

JL;DR SUMMARY Mike Kotlikoff, newly appointed president of Cornell University, addresses the current climate around student protests and Jewish life on campus amidst pressures from the Trump administration. 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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Trump AdministrationMiddle EastChabadAcademic FreedomHillelJewish LifeFree SpeechStudent ProtestsCornell UniversityMike Kotlikoff

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Ithaca, New York, United States
"But Mike Kotlikoff, Cornells new president, says he isnt too worried that protest activity on his campus will ignite the kind of sweeping federal sanctions Columbia has faced."
New York, United States
"He noted that both Hillel and Chabad are in the process of constructing new buildings and said there were more than 30 active Jewish organizations at Cornell."
New York, United States
"As at Columbia University, its fellow Ivy League school, Cornell University has had a pro-Palestinian student protest leader sought for deportation as well as a handful of disruptive protests this year of the sort that drew attention from the Trump administration."
Israel
"Kotlikoff said he believed that conditions on campus for Jewish students are pretty close to where they stood on Oct, 6, 2023, the eve of Hamas attack on Israel, which ignited a war that has elicited widespread protests on campuses and elsewhere."

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