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Tal Fortgang and David E. Bernstein on Defending Jewish Civil Right on Campus: How the government can fight anti-Semitism effectively and legally

JL;DR SUMMARY Columbia University recently agreed to a $200 million settlement with the Trump administration, marking significant governmental action against antisemitism on campus. 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 AdministrationJewish StudentsAcademic FreedomFree SpeechAnti ZionismCivil RightsColumbia UniversityUniversityLegal Tools

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"Back in the spring, Jewish students at UCLA were blocked from certain areas of the public state university grounds by protesters and with the administration's acquiescence."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Last fall, we saw phrases such as glory to our martyrs, referring to the psychotic killers of Jews projected in lights onto the library at George Washington University."
New York, United States
"At that point, you could tell that the word had either shifted meaning or lost all meaning. And it was being deployed as a kind of incantation. And so, to some extent, this is a lever, right, that can pry open what universities have coming, right, which is essentially, like, they don't deserve federal funding generally."
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
"Harvard, Penn, Brown, Columbia, and this effort shows no signs of slowing down."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Harvard, Penn, Brown, Columbia, and this effort shows no signs of slowing down."
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"Harvard, Penn, Brown, Columbia, and this effort shows no signs of slowing down."
Evanston, Illinois, United States
"I'm sure professor Bernstein has other suggestions. Yeah, I don't actually know how effective this has been, but I know even the folks at Brandeis center and stuff do recommend that students contact them as well."
Arlington, Virginia, United States
"David Bernstein, Tal Fortgang, thank you for joining us."
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
"I'm sure professor Bernstein has other suggestions. Yeah, I don't actually know how effective this has been, but I know even the folks at Brandeis center and stuff do recommend that students contact them as well."
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
"David Bernstein, Tal Fortgang, thank you for joining us."
Washington DC, United States
"Could what's going on on campus have a chilling effect on Israeli-American high school seniors applying to Columbia? Yeah, I think it almost definitely does."

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