Students at NYC’s woke New School voted to strip funding for its campus Hillel chapter, an unprecedented move critics ripped as a “despicable” ploy to erase Jewish life on campus.
The Greenwich Village college is the first in the country to end financial ties to the group, claiming without evidence Hillel is connected to “grave violations of international law.”
The 22-member student senate made the move Friday by majority vote, boasting it was a “landmark decision” to declare Hillel “not in good standing,” citing its connection to the Israeli Defense Forces through student trips to Israel.
Hillel is an international Jewish student hub with chapters at 850 colleges in the United States, that serves as gathering places for Jewish students to socialize, worship and observe religious holidays.
In a 38-page report, the student government alleged
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