Jews had plenty of reasons to feel unwelcome at this year’s Harvard graduation, thanks to the Palestinian flag-waving, but the last straw for Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi was the graduation speaker. Source link
It’s good to see that, as summer break approaches, the situation on our nation’s college campuses in blue cities maintains the same grim status quo as we’ve come to expect over the past few months. This time, it’s neither students chanting “death to America” or demanding the abolition of Israel, nor is it the usual […]
A few dozen pro-Palestinian students staged a graduation walkout Sunday at Duke University in protest of commencement speaker Jerry Seinfeld, a Jewish comedian and supporter of Israel. Immediately after Mr. Seinfeld was introduced, students in graduation robes began booing and walking off the lawn at Wallace Wade Stadium, some chanting “free Palestine” and carrying a […]
Graduates from Thomas Jefferson University’s commencement ceremony, held on May 9, experienced an unusual scene when the emcee responsible for calling them up to receive their diplomas utterly butchered their names. The mystery emcee’s attempt to pronounce graduates’ names turned into an unexpected comedy routine. As students marched proudly across the stage to receive their […]
Columbia University announced this morning that their main graduation ceremony will be canceled as a result of security concerns. Instead, the university will continue to hold a series of college level graduation events, some of which will have to be moved. Our graduating students, their families, and their loved ones are very focused on our […]
Columbia University, whose New York City campus has been roiled by anti-Israel protests, announced on Monday that it has canceled its main commencement ceremony next week. Security concerns drove the decision, NBC News reported. “Holding a large commencement ceremony on our campus presented security concerns that unfortunately proved insurmountable,” university spokesman Ben Chang said, according […]
Columbia University canceled its main commencement ceremony following weeks of anti-Israel activism and strife, prompting accusations that the Ivy League school has surrendered to protesters. The university said Monday that it would center its graduation celebration on the small-school graduations and Class Days scheduled to take place from May 10-16, nixing the university-wide graduation ceremony that had […]
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel–Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies. No arrests were reported and the protest – comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps – didn’t […]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — With student protests over the Israel-Hamas war disrupting campuses nationwide, several major universities are intent on ensuring that commencement ceremonies – joyous milestones for graduates, their families and friends – go off without a hitch this weekend. It won’t be easy. Colleges are hiring extra security, screening attendees at venues and […]
As if the injustices inherent to his innumerable trials were not enough, former President Donald Trump has been forced to endure the capricious whims of his judges regarding his own personal life. However, on Tuesday the presiding judge for Trump’s hush money case made a rather surprising decision regarding the high school graduation of Trump’s […]
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