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Lori Chavez-DeRemer: “You only have three classes that teach the history of…”

Featuring: Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Republican | U.S. Secretary of Labor | National

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'You Don't Care About Antisemitism': Columbia President Unflinchingly Confronted By Chavez-Deremer

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

At our hearing with the presidents of MIT, Harvard and UPenn, I highlighted the astonishingly low number of courses being offered on Jewish history. Dr. Shafik, I also looked into your university's course offerings for this semester. You only have three classes that teach the history of Israel. Two of them are taught by Israelis and Jews, but those two classes combined only have 30 seats. But the third class can have up to 60 students. (01:13–01:19)

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Asserts that Columbia University offers only three classes on Israeli history.

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