Jewish faculty from various colleges and universities across the state send document to lawmakers

Exclusive | Lawyers union slammed for ‘toxic environment’ for Jewish members in bombshell lawsuit

Union activists tormented Jewish colleagues with a “toxic working environment” that spewed pro-terror, anti-Israel vitriol despite a stated policy of neutrality about the Gaza War, a bombshell new federal lawsuit claims.

Lankford airs frustration with Senate impasse over Antisemitism Awareness Act

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) expressed frustration on Tuesday about the debate in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee last week that added poison-pill amendments to and stymied a vote on the Antisemitism Awareness Act, potentially halting its progress in the Senate. He also discussed the conversations he’d had with the administration regarding the freeze in reimbursements for Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding for syna…

Letter to the opinion editor: Statement by Jewish faculty, staff, students and alumni in Iowa higher education

As Jewish faculty, staff, students and alumni at diverse Iowa universities and colleges, we are committed to the values of academic freedom, pluralism, and independence that animate higher education. These values undergird our commitment to teaching, research, serving the public, and practicing our professions to the highest possible standard.  We write to dispel misconceptions that are being wielded by people with little knowledge of academia t…

Jewish faculty from various colleges and universities across the state send document to lawmakers

Jewish stakeholders decry actions against Iowa colleges aimed at ‘antisemitism’

A group of Jewish faculty, staff, students and alumni from colleges and universities across Iowa have penned a letter condemning actions taken against public higher education in the name of fighting antisemitism and protecting the Jewish community. University of Iowa…

House Panel’s Republicans Prepare to Grill College Prexies on Campus Antisemitism

A day before a scheduled House hearing to question college presidents on their responses to campus antisemitism, Republican lawmakers made clear their willingness to fight strenuously against schools not sufficiently addressing the issue. “I look forward to asking those presidents what they are doing and what they intend to do about the rise of antisemitism on their campuses. And if they’re not doing anything, then I have a question: Why should …