Diversity

Kill it or reform it? Jewish critics of DEI debate the future of campus diversity programs

The seeming failure of many DEI programs to take Jews’ concerns seriously has led some Jewish leaders and conservative politicians to call for their dismantling.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
21/01/2024

Dean Phillips drops DEI label from his presidential campaign website after Bill Ackman contributed

Ackman gained an elevated public profile in recent weeks as he led the successful effort to force out Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard University, his alma mater.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
19/01/2024

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has no place in medicine

Every American who cares about their right to equal, skillful medical treatment should join me in condemning medicine’s DEI-fueled politicization.

By SHEILA NAZARIAN
30/12/2023

How do you know what a Jew looks like?

A woman explains the diversity of the Jewish world and the rarity of Jews globally.

WATCH: Israelis praise cross-cultural unity amid fears of division, terrorist threats

“I haven’t seen this kind of thing since the Germans,” says a 91-year-old who came to Israel decades ago after living through the Nazi occupation of Tunisia

By AARON PORIS , DARIO SANCHEZ/THE MEDIA LINE
16/10/2023
A student exits a bus as he arrives at Venice High School in Los Angeles, California

We must shun California's radical ethnic studies - opinion

The greatest danger of Jewish proponents of radical ethnic studies is that they end up supporting outrageous political positions completely at odds with traditional Jewish interests.

By DAVID BERNSTEIN
20/09/2023

Israel's diverse protesters can't be labeled as anti-Jewish state - opinion

Douglas Altabef, chairman of the board of Im Tirtzu, has figured out, by himself, that the protesters are “new Jews who know nothing of their own tradition.” He has no way of knowing this factually.

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
31/08/2023

TAU making medical school accessible to students from all parts of Israeli society

Affirmative action program will admit 10% from underrepresented presented populations – but, with some adaptations, they must meet academic requirements.

New York City Mayor: Israel is my second home - opinion

New York and Israel share the same drive to always be better, and to fight for democracy, prosperity, and peace.

22/08/2023

DEI: Not diverse, equitable, or inclusive if antisemitism is ignored - opinion

Dr. Ayelet Kuper said antisemitism is “largely ignored” in the University of Toronto’s DEI courses, despite a mandate to include the subject as issued by that university’s antisemitism working group.

By ANDRIA SPINDEL
08/08/2023
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