• Nearly 200 Columbia University faculty members sent a letter to the school’s interim president, urging stronger safety measures for Jewish students. (Columbia Spectator)
  • Boston University rejected a proposal from Students for Justice in Palestine to divest from Israel. “The endowment is no longer the vehicle for political debate,” the school’s president said. (Algemeiner)
  • A Massachusetts middle school student performed a Nazi salute in class, prompting the principal to assure parents that “appropriate action would be taken.” (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
  • Pro-Palestinian protesters stormed Barnard College’s Milbank Hall, injuring a college employee and prompting new security restrictions. (JTA)
  • Australia’s universities unanimously adopted a new definition of antisemitism that includes calling for the elimination of Israel. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered Hunter College to remove job listings for two Palestinian studies positions, follo9wing criticism from pro-Israel groups (Forward)

 

…and elsewhere

  • Google Calendar no longer includes International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month in its default U.S. display. The tech giant said it removed them, along with other cultural events, like Black History Month, for apolitical reasons. Critics see it as part of a wider nationwide rollback of diversity initiatives. (JTA, The New York Times)
  • How did Kanye West got local TV networks to play his Super Bowl ad promoting a website that sells T-shirts with a swastika on them. He swapped in the offensive clothing after the ad was approved. (The Wall Street Journal)
  • The ADL criticized Steve Bannon following his gesture that resembled a Nazi salute. Bannon denied that his straight-armed gesture at CPAC was a Nazi salute. (Forward)
  • German Jews expressed alarm after J.D. Vance’s comments boost far-right (AFD) ahead of election. (Forward)
  • Police in Sydney, Australia, have charged a nurse after a viral video surfaced showing her and a colleague allegedly threatening Israeli patients and boasting about denying them treatment. (JTA)