Joseph A. Howley
@hashtagoras
Latinist, historian of Roman literature & culture and the book at @CUDeptClassics. Writing a book about ancient slavery and the Roman book. He/him.
Hello to new followers! You might be interested in this letter my Jewish colleagues and I wrote a year ago on the importance of resisting the right-wing attack by refusing bad-faith charges of antisemitism. Unfortunately it holds up pretty well. columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2024/0…
NEW: Federal Judge Dismisses Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Penn A federal judge has tossed out the lawsuit filed by Jewish students and the group Students Against Antisemitism against the University of Pennsylvania, sharply criticizing their sprawling complaint. In a scathing…
NEW: A federal judge dismissed a longstanding lawsuit by Penn students alleging the Univ. insufficiently responded to campus antisemitism. The judge found that "no allegations" from the suit "could be interpreted as antisemitic." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
40 Jewish staff and faculty at UVa write: "The current political campaign against antisemitism in higher education does not protect Jews — it harms us, our communities and our institutions"
40 Jewish staff and faculty at UVa write: "The current political campaign against antisemitism in higher education does not protect Jews — it harms us, our communities and our institutions"
This week my university proudly announced its partnership with the ADL. I feel safer already!
It's remarkable that whoever left this threatening voicemail in my office a) used their personal phone and b) shares a name with a board member of a regional ADL. A striking coincidence!
Brad is what we call a mensch
Mayoral candidate Brad Lander was cuffed and detained by ICE agents after asking to see a warrant for people who were detained after an immigration hearing. Video from the city comptroller’s press secretary @chloecbristow. She says he’s still being held in 26 Federal Plaza.
Our own law faculty think Trump's HHS Title VI finding against Columbia over protests is tissue-thin. So... we'll definitely be contesting it, right? riseupcolumbia.substack.com/p/legal-analys…
VIDEO: Mohsen Mahdawi speaks at a protest right outside Columbia for the first time since he was released from detention, says the university has failed Mahmoud Khalil and him. Watch his speech here. Mahdawi graduated earlier today. Khalil is still in detention. @DropSiteNews