Responsible political leaders — from President Joe Biden to Gov. Kathy Hochul to Mayor Eric Adams — have rightly deplored the sudden spike in antisemitism, especially on college campuses.
Yet the crisis calls for more than sympathetic words and token gestures. America needs a serious crackdown on this festering cancer.
He noted Jews represent just 2.4% of the population yet “account for something like 60% of all religious-faith hate crimes.”laudably rippedHochul is making $50 million in grants available for law enforcement to fight hate crimes and will “convene community circles to bring New Yorkers together.” Spare us the circles; how about imposing real consequences for institutions that not only tolerate the targeting of Jews butAntisemitism reaching ‘historic levels’ in US, FBI Director Wray warns: ‘A time for vigilance’But forcing kids to endure real threats, such as at those at Cornell and Cooper Union, is wholly unacceptable.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered state universities to deactivate chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine for supporting terrorism in violation of state laws.Profs certainly deserve academic freedom, but how do such people get hired at universities in the first place? To fix that, schools need to make changes at the top — install new presidents, deans and even board members who set the tone.If they truly want to stamp out this scourge, they’ve got plenty of tools at their disposal.
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