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Chancellor and Provost office to take control of local antisemitism initiative

By Katie Hovan, Staff Writer • January 6, 2025

President of the Faculty Assembly Robin Kear announced on Dec. 4 the ad hoc committee on antisemitism will move forward under the Chancellor and Provost’s office. Members of EIADAC initially expressed frustration, but some now support a higher authority takeover.

Antisemitism ad hoc committee’s future uncertain after decision to halt its formation

By Katie Hovan, Staff Writer • December 4, 2024

On Nov. 20, Pitt’s Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination Advocacy Committee (EIADAC) voted to support recommendations to establish an Ad Hoc Committee on Antisemitism. But in an email one week later, Faculty Senate members learned the executive committee is “no longer pursuing” the creation of the ad hoc committee.

Faculty Assembly discusses antisemitic violence on campus, announces antisemitism ad-hoc committee

By Marissa Kelley, Senior Staff Writer • November 8, 2024

On Wednesday, Nov. 6., Faculty Assembly reflected on the 2024 presidential election, addressed recent acts of antisemitic violence on campus with the creation of an antisemitism ad hoc committee and discussed new affinity groups to expand the Senate.

Sen. Casey addresses campus antisemitism at Pittsburgh campaign event

By Kyra McCague, Senior Staff Writer • September 30, 2024

Senator Bob Casey held a campaign event on public safety and protecting democracy Sunday morning. In a press question and answer following the speaking portion of the event, Casey addressed public safety concerns on Pitt’s campus.

Op-Ed | Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism

By Samuel Weiner, Channah Weiner, and Alexandra Weiner • November 17, 2023

We outright reject the conflation of Jewishness and Israel and the corollary equation of antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Our freedom and safety as Jews are more tied up in ending oppressive and inhumane systems than it is an ethnostate predicated on the dispossession of the Palestinian people.

Five Years Later: A Squirrel Hill Jew looks back at Tree of Life shooting, and forward to collective liberation

By Bella Markovitz, Senior Staff Writer • October 27, 2023

In the fall of 2018, after graduating high school that spring, I began my first semester at Pitt. I can’t remember if I started considering dropping out before or after the Tree of Life attack happened.

Opinion | Republican political tactics show the party still doesn’t care about antisemitism

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist • February 17, 2023

The GOP’s moral crusade against antisemitism in the Democratic party is purely political and shows that the party doesn’t care about preventing the spread of hate.

Opinion | Should we play Hogwarts: Legacy?

By Livia LaMarca, Senior Staff Columnist • February 17, 2023

There are many reasons one may choose not to play the game and a lot of conflicting information.

Tree of Life documentary paints a soul-stirring portrait of a healing Pittsburgh

By Patrick Swain, Senior Staff Writer • November 1, 2022

“A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting,” which premiered on HBO on the eve of the four-year commemoration of the Tree of Life massacre, serves to create a powerful portrait of a grieving community on the road to recovery.

Editorial | Pittsburgh’s Jewish community is still healing

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 28, 2022

For those of us who want a tolerable and equitable world, we hope that through solidarity and activism we can create a better world for everyone, regardless of race, age, ethnicity, religion and so forth. Four years after the Tree of Life, it is crucial to stand with Jewish people everywhere and condemn antisemitism.