Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
DEI for Jews only
ARTICLE: The White House is declaring war on campus DEI — except for Jews
QUOTE: "...There is, however, one exception to the White House’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion crusade, and that is for Jewish students. In the same document in which Columbia agreed not to “maintain programs that promote unlawful efforts to achieve race-based outcomes,” the university also agreed to create “an additional administrator” to “serve as a liaison to students concerning antisemitism issues.”
In short, DEI is banned at Columbia, except for Jewish students, who get to have a specially appointed DEI officer.
The same exception was also mandated at the small liberal arts college in New York, where I am the sole permanent professor of Jewish studies. The college received a directive from the Department of Education during the last academic year informing us that we are no longer permitted to educate students about racism and implicit biases during freshmen orientation. The directive, however, came with one significant carve-out: We are still permitted to educate incoming students about antisemitism..."
LINK: forward.com/opinion/766378/donald-trump-antisemitism-campus
DEI for Jews only
ARTICLE: The White House is declaring war on campus DEI — except for Jews
QUOTE: "...There is, however, one exception to the White House’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion crusade, and that is for Jewish students. In the same document in which Columbia agreed not to “maintain programs that promote unlawful efforts to achieve race-based outcomes,” the university also agreed to create “an additional administrator” to “serve as a liaison to students concerning antisemitism issues.”
In short, DEI is banned at Columbia, except for Jewish students, who get to have a specially appointed DEI officer.
The same exception was also mandated at the small liberal arts college in New York, where I am the sole permanent professor of Jewish studies. The college received a directive from the Department of Education during the last academic year informing us that we are no longer permitted to educate students about racism and implicit biases during freshmen orientation. The directive, however, came with one significant carve-out: We are still permitted to educate incoming students about antisemitism..."
LINK: forward.com/opinion/766378/donald-trump-antisemitism-campus
