Saturday, February 12, 2005

COLUMBIA ALUM THREATEN TO STOP CONTRIBUTIONS OVER ANTI-ISRAEL TONE

Columbia alumni threaten to stop contributions over anti-Israel tone By URIEL HEILMAN
In a shot across the bow of Columbia University, a group of Jewish Columbia alumni are warning the university that it had better remedy the anti-Israel atmosphere in its Middle East studies department – or pay a price. A pair of Columbia alumni launched a letter-writing campaign last week threatening to withhold future financial support from the university until "free speech" is restored to its classrooms.

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