At the City University of New York (CUNY), Antisemitism has become synonymous with the university system itself. A report published in March of 2023 by Students and Faculty for Equality at CUNY (SAFE CUNY), a group of concerned students and faculty members, exposes a disturbing pattern of insidious and normalized...
Statement: CAMERA’s North American Campus Director weighs in on antisemitic display at Borough of Manhattan Community College
Editor’s Note on July 6th, 2023: Read Senior Research Analyst David Litman’s response to a recent faculty petition regarding the BMCC display. Editor’s Note on March 17th, 2023: For context on this issue, please read an editorial published by CAMERA’s Senior Research Analyst, David Litman titled University Administrators Demonize Jews...
University Administrators Demonize Jews in the Name of Social Justice at Borough of Manhattan Community College
At Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), “social justice and equity” mean denying Jewish indigeneity and self-determination and whitewashing violence against Jews. At least that’s the takeaway from a “visual timeline” BMCC’s “Social Justice and Equity Centers” (SJEC) are displaying on campus. Much could and will be said about the...
Is the Arab-Israeli conflict about Settler Colonialism and Apartheid?
Is the Arab-Israeli conflict about settler colonialism and apartheid? A few students who protested an event at the CUNY Graduate Center seem to think so. On Dec. 8, the students, affiliated with CUNY4Palestine and Not in Our Name CUNY, two student organizations in the City University of New York (CUNY)...
Why does CUNY’s Leadership Pretend that Jewish Students Don’t Face Discrimination on Campus?
Would you appoint an arsonist as fire chief? Well, That is precisely what City University of New York (CUNY) – the city’s publicly run university system with 243,000 students spread over 25 campuses – did when they hired a former employee of the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to lead...
Statement Regarding BDS and Commencement Remarks at CUNY School of Law
Recent incidents at the CUNY School of Law have been cause for enormous concern and doubt as to the school’s commitment to an inclusive, safe learning environment. In addition to a faculty council endorsement of the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign on May 12th, on the following day, CUNY...
Statement Regarding Antisemitic CUNY School of Law Commencement Speaker
On May 13, 2022, the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law featured an individual who has openly called for and celebrated violence and bigotry as one of the commencement ceremony speakers. Nerdeen Mohsen Kiswani was selected as one of two student speakers by the “Class of 2022”...
The Leadership Void at CUNY
The City University of New York is a staple of one of the greatest cities in the world. It is the college option many New Yorkers take, as it is generally far less expensive than private institutions around the city. One of the most wonderful things about this vibrant city...