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The U.S. Department of Education has launched a portal revealing that China and Hong Kong have contributed over $6 billion to American universities, raising concerns about foreign influence and research security, with top recipients including Harvard, Stanford, and Yale.
U.S. student visa arrivals have fallen to a four-year low, with a 19% decrease last month, largely due to Trump's immigration policies, impacting Asian students the most and causing a significant drop in international student enrollment and revenue for American universities.
Rabbi Pinchas Taylor criticized American universities for their failure to condemn threats of violence against Jews and calls to destroy Israel on their campuses, calling them "cesspools of antisemitism and hedonism." The comments were made in response to the testimony of academic leaders from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania, who appeared flummoxed and failed to condemn such threats during a congressional hearing. Rabbi Taylor drew parallels between the ancient conflict of Athens vs. Jerusalem and the battle being fought today on college campuses, emphasizing the importance of celebrating Hanukkah as a symbol of triumph over darkness. He hopes that the moral failures displayed by academic leaders will lead to a reset in the agenda of American academia to include a moral code of conduct.
Israel's satirical TV show "Eretz Nehederet" parodied pro-Palestinian protests on American college campuses, portraying activists as clueless Hamas sympathizers. The sketch mocked the progressive activists at a fictional "Columbia Unisemity," with one student proudly supporting Hamas and another claiming to be "racist fluid." The show also criticized the BBC for its coverage of an explosion in Gaza, accusing it of regurgitating Hamas propaganda. Hostility towards Israel has increased on university campuses since Hamas' attack in October, leading to incidents of antisemitism and criticism of universities for failing to respond adequately.