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Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of Sagui Dekel-Chen. Photo: Youtube
January 29, 2026, 10:10 am
Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor
Jonathan Dekel-Chen’s appointment follows an antisemitism task force’s call for Columbia to hire more faculty who are not anti-Zionist
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University. Photo: Wikimedia
December 8, 2025, 12:48 pm
Columbia opens £16m fund for Jewish staff after ruling on campus antisemitism
University launches major compensation scheme after US investigators found it failed to protect Jewish and Israeli employees
By Annabel Sinclair
Israeli professor Shai Davidai outside Columbia University, April 22, 2024. (Luke Tress)
July 10, 2025, 1:09 pm
Israeli academic leaves Columbia University after investigation clears him of harassment
'They tried to smear my name. I wouldn't let them': Shai Davidai criticised university's perceived lack of action against pro-Palestinian activists on campus since 7 October
By Michelle Rosenberg
Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman speaks during the Commencement Ceremony at Columbia University in New York on May 21, 2025, JTA
July 3, 2025, 11:21 am
US House committee says acting Columbia president suggested ouster of Jewish trustee
A letter from Rep. Elise Stefanik cites messages sent by Claire Shipman when she was still a trustee
By Grace Gilson (JTA)
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
June 12, 2025, 10:36 am
Federal judge orders Columbia University protest leader to be released by Friday
The Trump administration is arguing that Mahmoud Khalil should be deported over antisemitism concerns
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
Secretary Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver joint statements to the press in Jerusalem, Israel, February 16, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via Wikipedia).
April 14, 2025, 2:09 pm
Mahmoud Khalil’s ‘otherwise lawful’ behaviour undermines US policy against antisemitism
Rubio laid out the government’s case against Khalil in a memo ahead of a pivotal hearing set for Friday
By Grace Gilson (JTA)
Columbia University (Wikimedia Commons)
March 26, 2025, 5:00 pm
Columbia students accused of prior knowledge of 7 October in new Hamas lawsuit
Columbia student groups accused of aiding Hamas, having prior knowledge of the attacks in US lawsuit
By Annabel Sinclair
Columbia's gates were closed to ID holders the week of University President Minouche Shafik's testimony in Congress. (Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
March 26, 2025, 11:44 am
Trump can’t deport Columbia undergraduate pro-Palestinian activist, Jewish judge rules
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said the Trump administration had not shown that Yunseo Chung poses a foreign policy risk
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Screenshot: Twitter/X
March 24, 2025, 12:03 pm
Columbia University bans face masks at protests
Changes are a bid to regain federal funding cut to penalise the school for its Palestinian protests
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
March 19, 2025, 11:36 am
From jail, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests
The protest leader from Columbia University says he is a “political prisoner” since being arrested by ICE last week.
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
March 12, 2025, 7:34 pm
OPINION: The US green card is a privilege, not an inalienable right
Many of those who have passionately defended Khalil have been so conspicuously silent on the 59 hostages, writes Jonathan Harounoff
By Jonathan Harounoff
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
March 10, 2025, 5:20 pm
ICE arrests Palestinian protest leader at Columbia, in sharp escalation of campus actions
Jewish groups and leaders immediately spoke out both in favour and against the arrest
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Pic; JTA/Pool
March 5, 2025, 5:34 pm
Trump threatens to pull funding from campuses that allow ‘illegal protests’
The threat came after his administration said it was considering stopping more than £39 million in federal contracts with Columbia University
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)
July 9, 2024, 9:07 am
Columbia removes 3 deans over text exchange deriding concerns of campus antisemitism
A fourth dean who was involved in one of the text exchanges apologised and likewise acknowledged that the conversations “call to mind antisemitic tropes.”
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Columbia University student protesters camped on campus to call for divestment from Israel, April 28, 2024. (Philissa Cramer)
May 13, 2024, 4:01 pm
OPINION: Why I WILL be attending Columbia University this September
'When individuals and groups from both sides engage with each other about our collective future, magic can happen and bridges are built', writes Josh Drill
By Josh Drill
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