Dion J. Pierre
ARTICLES BY: Dion J. Pierre
New ADL Study Shows Classroom Lessons Can Reduce Antisemitism
High school students are less likely to believe in antisemitic tropes when the public education system intervenes early to apprise them of their history as...
Clemson University to Launch First Ever Hillel International Office for Jewish Students
Academia in the regional south is boosting its reputation as a safe haven for Jewish students with Hillel International announcing last week the launch of...
Higher Ed Unions Marginalize Jewish Faculty, Grad Students, Need Stronger University Response, Report Finds
New research published on Wednesday by the Academic Engagement Network and the Anti-Defamation League found that Jewish graduate students and faculty continue to face severe...
Jews Targeted in Two-Thirds of All Religion-Based Hate Crimes in US, FBI Data Finds
New disturbing data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) underscored the ongoing reality of rising antisemitic discrimination and violence across the US, as...
Saudi Arabia Removes Virtually All Antisemitism From School Curricula, New Report Finds
Saudi Arabia is continuing to implement major reforms of its sprawling system of 35,000 public Islamic education schools, according to a new report by the...
Columbia University Announces New Tel Aviv Global Center in Israel, Further Setting Back BDS Efforts Across Higher Ed
It has been a rough 48 hours for proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. Columbia University confirmed Friday that it will...
In Major Defeat, Columbia Graduate Union Abandons Anti-Israel Divestment Demand
An anti-Zionist campaign embedded in Columbia University’s graduate-student labor negotiations suffered a major defeat this week when the union withdrew a proposal aimed at forcing...
Federal Judge Rejects Challenge to California K-12 Antisemitism Law, Orders Case Closed
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed with prejudice the legal challenge to a landmark California law enacted last year to combat rising antisemitic discrimination, bullying,...
Cornell University Student Outed Over Antisemitism Reveals Interest in Holocaust Denial, Eugenics in Shocking Secret Footage
The Cornell University student who became notorious for declaring that he would not work for “a Jew” revealed the broader extent of his antisemitism in...
Antisemitic Vandals Target Pasadena Synagogue Rebuilding After Wildfire
Los Angeles County authorities are investigating an act of antisemitic vandalism at the fire-ravaged campus of the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center after swastikas and...
Trump Administration Drops Requests for Private Data on Jewish University of Pennsylvania Faculty
The Trump administration has withdrawn a federal subpoena seeking personal contact information for Jewish employees at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), ending a months-long legal...
Trump Civil Rights Office Compels Reed College to Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Over Hate Incident
Reed College in Portland, Oregon, will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism as part of a settlement resolving a federal civil...
Federal Court Delivers Trump Immigration Win in Case Against Jordanian Pro-Hamas Activist
A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned an order releasing Columbia University anti-Israel activist Mohsen Mahdawi from immigration detention, ruling that a Vermont district court...
Hillel International Moves to Withdraw Brief Supporting Harvard in Funding Dispute
Hillel International said it would withdraw an amicus brief supporting Harvard University in its legal battle with the Trump administration, explaining that the filing had...
