“The Trump administration said Friday that it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University, canceling grants and contracts because of what the government describes as the Ivy League school’s failure to squelch antisemitism on campus.” — AP
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What with antisemitism on the rise again—we see it with the re-ascension of Donald Trump, the loosening of moderation on social media, and Netflix’s hiking its basic plan to cost Americans two dollars more a month to watch Seinfeld—you can’t blame American Jews like me for feeling a little uneasy. Until now, that is, as the Trump administration is finally making an example out of that longtime bastion of anti-Jewish fervor, Columbia University.