Academic freedom does not permit the identity-based targeting of students,” Stanford said in a statement Wednesday. According to Greenberg, the students said the instructor tried to justify the actions of Hamas and asked the students how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. “The students told me clearly they were traumatized, frightened. Students from both classes told Cohen and Mandelshtam the instructor asked students where their ancestors were from and labeled them as a “colonizer” or “colonized,” according to the Chronicle. We have heard from Jewish students, faculty, and staff concerned about rising antisemitism.

Source: CNN October 14, 2023 07:14 UTC