University of Minnesota Pays $250,000 After Pulling Anti-Israel Professor Appointment
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Israeli scholar wins $250K settlement after UMinn rescinds job offer following Gaza comments
Donors complained he was ‘offensive to Jews’ Israeli scholar Raz Segal received $250,000 in a settlement with the University of Minnesota after the school rescinded his job offer to lead the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Segal alleges that the school rescinded the offer due to backlash over comments he made about the war between Israel and Gaza, Inside Higher Ed reported. Source
U of M pays $250,000 settlement to Holocaust scholar whose job offer was withdrawn
The Center for Constitutional Rights argues the university withdrew Segal’s offer because of his protected speech and violated his First Amendment rights and principles of academic freedom. The University of Minnesota did not admit wrongdoing.
The Israeli historian Raz Segal had been elected to head the Center for Studies on the Holocaust and Genocide of the University of Minnesota, but the institution withdrew the appointment following a campaign organized against him for his denunciations of the Israeli offensive against GazaPiotr Cywiński, director of the Auschwitz Memorial: “Trump’s ICE brings me memories of terrible things from the past” In June 2024, the University of Minnesota …
U.S. University to pay Israeli scholar who lost job for calling Gaza a genocide
Historian Raz Segal tells Haaretz the university was pressured by donors when it rescinded the job offer that would make him head of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 'They are dividing between "good Jews" and "bad Jews," who criticize Israel,' he says
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