Uncovering Antisemitism at Cornell Through SJP and Faculty Actions

From professors to students, the Ivy League’s Cornell University has become a bastion of antisemitism. Cornell’s administration has proven itself feckless, failing to stand up to a disruptive and large section of the student body that shamelessly supports a terrorist organization whose goal is to annihilate the Jewish people.

Post-October 7, Cornell joined the ranks of historically prestigious universities where bigoted ideas against Jews, as well as the only Jewish state in the world, are expressed and left unchallenged, and where Jews exist in an atmosphere of fear and intimidation.

Along with Harvard, Penn and MIT, which have allowed a similar environment to fester on their campuses, the situation has become so critical at Cornell that the university now faces an investigation by the federal government for civil rights violations.

As a school that receives federal funds and is obligated to comply with Title VI, which bars such discrimination, Cornell, if found to be non-compliant, stands to lose its federal funding.

Cornell, along with these other Ivy League universities, is also facing an investigation by the House Ways and Means Committee, which is questioning the school’s tax-exempt status amid accusations that it is not fulfilling their educational mission.

As one Jewish Cornell student testified before the congressional committee, “... my community is terrified to walk around the school they paid to attend because they are afraid of getting threatened, assaulted or killed.”

The student, Talia Dror, the daughter of an Iranian immigrant, explained how she never imagined that the antisemitism her family faced in Iran would follow them to the country where they sought refuge.

“Jewish students on campus have been courageous and resilient,” Dror added. “But we shouldn’t need to be. American-Jewish students on campus deserve better.”