Why Stanford’s Leaders Tolerate Anti-Semitism

null By Allysia FinleyNov. 5, 2023 4:07 pm ETJournal Editorial Report: Pushback emerges among donors and employers. Images: AP Composite: Mark KellyAfter Hamas massacred some 1,400 Israelis on Oct. 7, many Stanford students marched in support of the terrorist group, chanting “2, 4, 6, 8, smash the Zionist settler state.” University leaders responded with a statement supporting “academic freedom,” including the “expression of controversial and even offensive views.”This is the same university where administrators last year undertook an Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative, which published a catalog of words and phrases to be removed from the school’s websites. Among the proscribed terms: “American,” “immigrant” and “blind study.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Continue reading your article witha WSJ subscriptionSubscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign InSponsored OffersVistaPrint: VistaPrint promo code: Up to 50% OFF

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Why Stanford’s Leaders Tolerate Anti-Semitism

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Allysia Finley

Nov. 5, 2023 4:07 pm ET

Journal Editorial Report: Pushback emerges among donors and employers. Images: AP Composite: Mark Kelly

After Hamas massacred some 1,400 Israelis on Oct. 7, many Stanford students marched in support of the terrorist group, chanting “2, 4, 6, 8, smash the Zionist settler state.” University leaders responded with a statement supporting “academic freedom,” including the “expression of controversial and even offensive views.”

This is the same university where administrators last year undertook an Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative, which published a catalog of words and phrases to be removed from the school’s websites. Among the proscribed terms: “American,” “immigrant” and “blind study.”